Quote:
In god we trust
This simple statement exclude all the polytheist religious people... At least, change it to "In god(s) we trust"

Now back to the case of the infamous rotunda stone... I'm not sure... if the judge know that I'm an apostat and atheist, maybe I will be judged more harshly than if I was in the choir of his church... but... if the stone is not there to show the bias of the judge... maybe I'll go to trial without knowing that the judge is biased...

IMHO, judges are human so permitting a judge to show his colors is ok, in the same way that a defense attorney will look at the records to see how a judge is doing with the kind of crime he have to defend. I guess it's possible to request a change of judge if a bias can be proven.