Religious vandals are at it again, 'In God We Trust' to be required on display in SD schools.

[AtheistCrusader]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/south-dakota-to-require-in-god-we-trust-signs-in-public-schools/ar-AAEUt8A?ocid=spartanntp

This will not have the intended effect evangelicals are hoping for.

[trev]

1. I'd say let the courts handle it, but

the SD Supreme Court is made up of Republican-appointed justices.

[Tech]

2. Guess maybe my husband and I will be spending our vacation money on travel channels.

Too many states are fundamentally against what I stand for.

[BigmanPigman]

15. Good for you!

Boycotts work...

[dawg day]

3. I just wonder how they'd feel if it were "In God and/or Allah we trust."

Then we'd find out it's not about 'religious freedom'.

[BigmanPigman]

16. Now I wish some people would paint other names over "God".

With all the cameras everywhere they would get caught easily, though. Too bad, it is a good idea and appropriate..

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Watch for a couple of Law suits to emerge.

This whole POS was started by the Apostolic Movement,which the Governor is a member as well as several State legislators,in a nut job effort to keep certain ethnic groups out of their Schools.

Highway 81 thru South Dakota as well as Highway 14 are lined with Meat and cheese possessing plants requiring massive amounts of labor which the Locals cannot produce or are willing to do.

So,you can imagine the ethnic group that they do not want to corrupt their Children. Have a interest in that State,but,it will sit idle for the forseeable future.

[Major Nikon]

6. If there are lawsuits, they won't get anywhere

“In God We Trust” was made the national motto during the height of the Red Scare because the idea was it would keep us safe from godless communism. Ironically it means the opposite of the previous motto “E Pluribus Unum” and underscores a time when the US was overwhelmed with irrational fear and xenophobia.

[Wellstone ruled]

8. Federal Tax Dollors are at play here.

Believe it was a landmark case in the sixties that made the In god thing removed. I grew up in Wisconsin,and I know our County School Board refused to even go there. Still remember Ike kissing Tail Gunner Joe and Nixon's behind with that under God thingee in the Pledge.

[Major Nikon]

9. There's nothing official about the pledge

Ironically it was written by an avowed socialist with the “under god” phrase added later. Loyalty oaths are moronic to begin with unless your goal is a nation full of sheep. Hitler liked them.

[Wellstone ruled]

10. Your last sentence tells

all what the symbolism of this really is all about.

[AtheistCrusader]

11. 'E Pluribus Unum' was a stroke of aspriational genius, that is not often to be found today.

From a time when things weren't great, but our ideals were at least worth a shot...

[Igel]

5. Dunno.

I think it'll have no effect.

Except perhaps litigation, with both sides being rewarded by the feeling of self-righteousness or grievance-nurturing. No downside.

[trotsky]

12. It's nice to enjoy religious privilege, isn't it?

When you can feel like the state promoting your religion really isn't a big deal.

[NeoGreen]

7. Kentucky too...

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https://ascienceenthusiast.com/a-new-law-says-that-kentucky-public-schools-must-put-up-in-god-we-trust-signs/

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. A KY School District Found a Brilliant Loophole for the "In God We Trust" Law

One interesting thing about that wording is that, unlike some states, there’s no requirement that the display be a certain size. As long as students can theoretically see the words, schools are following the letter of the law.
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That’s why you have to applaud what they did in the Fayette County Public Schools (in Lexington).

Instead of, say, painting the Christian phrase in gigantic letters in some hallway, the board sent each school a framed copy of… the back of a one dollar bill.

Hey, it includes the phrase.

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/08/14/a-ky-school-district-found-a-brilliant-loophole-for-the-in-god-we-trust-law/

[Bretton Garcia]

14. The relevant laws?

My impression is that SCOTUS wanted to 1) constitutionally avoid an official state religion. But 2) not all religion, outside government.

When 3) government things had religion in them? The court suggested that our founders etc.might have allowed that a vague "ceremonial deism" could be found in the government from the days of the founders. And it allowed similar old stuff 4) in old government monuments.

So the court allowed things like the money motto. on grounds that it was vague, deistic, about who God was. And it allowed existing other things as vague AND old; bits of history. So the gov didn't have to change all our money. Or chip religious phrases out of major national monuments.

See "lemon test"?

One of Trump's lawyers - Jay Sekulow (sp?) -worked on some of these cases. And abortion law? And won some for religion, in the Supreme Court.