The Religious Motto That Isn’t Religious: How ‘In God We Trust’ Remains Constitutional

The Religious Motto That Isn’t Religious: How ‘In God We Trust’ Remains Constitutional

It turns out that Christian activists are perfectly willing to let federal judges desecrate their religion, so long as the desecration also allows them to promote their religion.

The Latest Attempts to Get ‘In God We Trust’ Into Schools is a Coordinated Christian Nationalist Push

The Latest Attempts to Get ‘In God We Trust’ Into Schools is a Coordinated Christian Nationalist Push

Project Blitz and legislators like Reed, who are willing to nationalize Christianity, threaten our Constitution.

Atheist Group Wants to Help Other KY Schools Sidestep the “In God We Trust” Law

Atheist Group Wants to Help Other KY Schools Sidestep the “In God We Trust” Law

Yesterday, I could post about how the Fayette County Public Schools (in Lexington) put up framed copies of the back of a one-dollar bill. It says the phrase on the currency… but the law didn’t require the wording to be front and center, or in large font, or much of anything else. I said it was a brilliant way to subvert the system while still following the letter of the law.

Now American Atheists wants to help other schools in Kentucky do the same thing.

‘Brilliant’ loophole? Lexington schools met ‘In God We Trust’ mandate by framing a dollar.

‘Brilliant’ loophole? Lexington schools met ‘In God We Trust’ mandate by framing a dollar.

When Brittany Pike saw the back of a dollar bill framed at Lexington’s Athens Chilesburg Elementary School last week, she couldn’t have been more pleased.

Pike told the Herald-Leader that her husband is the state director at the group American Atheists, and has been working behind the scenes to address the new “In God We Trust” law.

The plot against America: Inside the Christian right plan to "remodel" the nation

The plot against America: Inside the Christian right plan to "remodel" the nation

Within the fold of “conservative groups” there’s a whole other story to be told about the organizing of extremist religious conservatives, whose political mobilization, as I’ve noted in the past, played a crucial role in electing Donald Trump.

South Dakota Public Schools Add 'In God We Trust' Signs To Walls

South Dakota Public Schools Add 'In God We Trust' Signs To Walls

Public school students in South Dakota will notice something different on their first day back to school — the national motto, "In God We Trust," prominently inscribed on walls in stencil or paint. A new state law that took effect this month requires the message to be displayed in an area where students are "most likely" to see it, such as a cafeteria or entryway.

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