Ohio Public Schools Required to Display "In God We Trust"
From The Associated Press [via Carpetbagger]:
Despite constitutional concerns, Gov. Bob Taft signed a bill [this week] requiring all public and community schools to display any donated copies of the national and state mottos — "In God We Trust" and "With God, All Things Are Possible." […]The bill, sponsored by Rep. Keith Faber, a Celina Republican, requires public schools, including charter schools run by private entities using state money, to display copies of the mottos if they are donated in a classroom, auditorium or cafeteria. An earlier version of the bill required display in every classroom in the state.
Moms for Ohio, a small political-action committee that mostly promotes conservative causes, pushed the bill as instilling the right values in children.
Carpetbagger Report has a funny analysis of the decision:
How wonderfully logical. Children will see "In God We Trust" posters everywhere, every day, until they've lost all meaning. This will "instill the right values," the same way putting the phrase on all currency since 1954 has dramatically curtailed the rate at which people steal others' money. Oh wait, it hasn't.
Bill McCartney
