New Texas law requires schools to display 'In God We Trust' signs

[Pete Ross Junior]

New Texas law requires schools to display 'In God We Trust' signs
Houston Chronicle

Use of the national motto "In God We Trust" is expanding from its famed placement on U.S. currency to framed posters on public school walls thanks to a Texas law that recently went into effect. Senate Bill 797, which was passed last year, requires that elementary and secondary schools "display in a conspicuous place in each building of the school or institution a durable poster or framed copy of the United States national motto" so long as the signs have been donated to the school district and/or purchased with private donations.

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Cute. Deliberately angling for a test case in time for the election.

[hauckeye]

1. How about "In Allah we Trust"

[yourout]

2. Or Ra the Egyption Sun God.

[JHB]

11. Or Cthulhu

[magicarpet]

4. Hey,.... what about the Noodle God and the Spaghetti God ?

Can I donate my grandmother's Rigatoni and Pasta Bible to a Texas school ?

[JHB]

12. Ramen to that!

[onenote]

3. A test case before the election would be a dumb idea

The courts have consistently upheld the placement of In God We Trust on coins, currency, federal buildings, etc. A challenge to the Texas law is certain to fail and would do nothing but give the right wing something to rile folks up at a time when we are picking up momentum in the fight to preserve abortion rights (or at least some semblance of abortion rights).

[badhair77]

5. I agree, whose God?

This is ridiculous. My personal faith is strong but I don’t want all this “religion” jammed down my throat. My faith is MY faith and I stay in my lane. I’m fairly sure the mandatory school poster God is not MY God.

[keithbvadu2]

6. Which God? The singular God or the three part God?

[Scrivener7]

7. Yoo hoo! Church of Satan! Cleanup on aisle 9!

[multigraincracker]

8. Is there a ban on burning

crosses in the school yard?

[SamKnause]

9. How can I trust something that I don't believe exists ???

[Pete Ross Junior]

10. The point is why they are doing it.

You and I are not the target audience.

[hunter]

13. What has their god ever done that I should trust him?

Who the hell puts their faith in a cruel and capricious god unless they are cruel and capricious themselves?