Greg Abbott supports "In God we Trust" on police cars

[TexasTowelie]

Gov. Greg Abbott says he supports a Panhandle police department’s decision to place decals on patrol cars stating, “In God we trust.”

“As the Supreme Court has held time and again, the Constitution commands acknowledgement and accommodation of religion, rather than hostility towards religion,” Abbott wrote in a letter Monday to Attorney General Ken Paxton. “Given these well-established principles, it is unsurprising that ‘In God we trust’ has survived every legal challenge.”

The Childress Police Department drew the attention of a Madison, Wis.-based group called Freedom from Religion Foundation, which sent a letter to the department, along with more than 30 police departments in several states, objecting to placing the motto on police vehicles.

The state representative and senator representing Childress, about 120 miles southeast of Lubbock, last week asked Paxton for an opinion on the legality of displaying the motto on police patrol cars.

Read more: http://m.statesman.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/greg-abbott-supports-in-god-we-trust-on-police-car/nnz7c/

[cantbeserious]

1. Truly A Sham(e) What Has Becone Of My Home State

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[Gman]

2. Maybe not a bad idea

Because you damn sure can't trust the police. And if you're Black, you need God on your side when you get pulled over.

[hobbit709]

3. Might as well trust god, sure can't trust the cops and most politicians.