A Texas law requiring schools to display donated posters with the phrase “In God We Trust” is being tested by an activist who is fundraising to send posters of the phrase in Arabic. Via NPR
signs and posters with the national motto"In God We Trust" in"conspicuous places." The law requires that the signs were either donated or purchased from private donations to the school.
the law about a week ago and told NPR he was irritated by the move to bring religion — in this case, Christianity — into schools.As far as he could tell, there was no requirement that the motto be written in English. He decided to start a fundraising campaign to send posters to schools around the state with the motto written in Arabic instead.
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