‘In God We Trust’ now an option on your next North Carolina license plate
North Carolinians can now get a standard license plate for their cars or trucks that bears the phrase “In God We Trust.” The state Division of Motor Vehicles on Monday began offering a third standard plate that includes the national and state mottos instead of “First in Flight” or “First in Freedom.”
A Recent Local Controversy Reveals the Theocratic Heart of ‘Project Blitz’
Bills supporting religion-based rejection turning parents away from adoption agencies
Aimee Maddonna, 34, a South Carolina mother of three, was turned away by a state-funded foster care agency because she is Catholic.
Maddonna went to Miracle Hill Ministries in Greenville, the state’s largest foster care outlet, asking to volunteer in hopes of one day becoming a foster parent. But the initial screening was cut short after she was asked the name of her church.
‘Bible literacy’ classes in public schools violate separation of church and state
The Bible is certainly worthy of study for its literary and historic importance. Indeed, the Supreme Court asserted that in its landmark 1963 Abington ruling, which outlawed the practice of public schools reading the Bible as part of morning prayers. Academic study, though, is clearly not the aim of conservative Christian activists who have undertaken a nationwide push for Bible classes in public schools.
Promoting Christianity in public schools isn't just unconstitutional. It's unAmerican.
Group of Stevens High School students propose modifications to "In God We Trust" signage
A conservative Christian group is pushing Bible classes in public schools nationwide — and it’s working
Activists on the religious right, through their legislative effort Project Blitz, drafted a law that encourages Bible classes in public schools and persuaded at least 10 state legislatures to introduce versions of it this year. Georgia and Arkansas recently passed bills that are awaiting their governors’ signatures.