New Donations Expose School Board's Disingenuous Policy On 'In God We Trust' Signs - Alex Wagner MSNBC

[Rhiannon12866]

Alex Wagner reports on a Texas school board's rejection of a donation of "In God We Trust" signs written in rainbow colors or Arabic script despite a rule requiring the display of such signs. - Aired on 08/30/2022.

[Deuxcents]

1. More shades of Eastern Europe in the 1030's coming to our schools.

Books, signs colors..all have to comply to their rules. No freedom of expression. Very scary and they’re getting scarier

[Rhiannon12866]

2. I really don't get it, I thought that religion was prohibited in schools years ago

When I was in the very early grades, we said a "school prayer" along with the Pledge of Allegiance. All I can remember was that it ended with "our parents, our teachers and our country." Then one day we learned that we were no longer doing that - one student was asked to time a "moment of silence" where we could "pray to ourselves" if we wanted. Then that disappeared, too, and nobody seemed to miss it. And I was in elementary school.

[charliea]

6. Yes, but

Did you live in Texas?

[Rhiannon12866]

8. No, I've ever lived in or even been to Texas. I went to school in New York and Massachusetts

And in Massachusetts it was a private school. Religion classes were required. But I'm talking about my public elementary school in New York. School prayer (even though I don't recall it being particularly religious - and we lived in a fairly diverse community) was struck down in the '60s.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. I want to get some signs made in Hebrew

[Rhiannon12866]

5. I also remembered when I was in 9th grade, a Jewish upperclassman objected to the Christmas play

Though it wasn't religious - and she was in it! So I'm guessing that this was shut down, too. So how is pushing Christianity in schools permitted at this late date??

[SheltieLover]

4. Kicking for visibility

[trusty elf]

7. What about anagrams of "in god we trust"?

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TOWERING STUD

WINGED TROUTS

TWO NUT DIRGES

SOW, IT GRUNTED

STONED RUG WIT

[Rhiannon12866]

9. You are so clever!

Too bad you couldn't sneak into the school and rearrange the letters. The kids would certainly find it outrageously humorous!

[TexasTowelie]

10. My best friend from college lives in Grapevine

and all three of his sons graduated from Grapevine High School. I also performed with my college band at the high school and at the Methodist church when we went on tour in 1985.

[MagaSmash]

11. What if some trust in the Flying Spaghetti Monster? Or Allah? Or Thor? Or Quantum? Lawsuit Time.