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muriel_volestrangler

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

Reply to NeoGreen (Reply #7)

Wed Aug 14, 2019, 12:02 PM

Aug 2019

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/

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Religious vandals are at it again, 'In God We Trust' to be required on display in SD schools. [View all] AtheistCrusader Jul 2019 OP

I'd say let the courts handle it, but trev Jul 2019 #1

Guess maybe my husband and I will be spending our vacation money on travel channels. Tech Jul 2019 #2

Good for you! BigmanPigman Aug 2019 #15

I just wonder how they'd feel if it were "In God and/or Allah we trust." dawg day Jul 2019 #3

Now I wish some people would paint other names over "God". BigmanPigman Aug 2019 #16

Watch for a couple of Law suits to emerge. Wellstone ruled Jul 2019 #4

If there are lawsuits, they won't get anywhere Major Nikon Jul 2019 #6

Federal Tax Dollors are at play here. Wellstone ruled Jul 2019 #8

There's nothing official about the pledge Major Nikon Jul 2019 #9

Your last sentence tells Wellstone ruled Jul 2019 #10

'E Pluribus Unum' was a stroke of aspriational genius, that is not often to be found today. AtheistCrusader Jul 2019 #11

Dunno. Igel Jul 2019 #5

It's nice to enjoy religious privilege, isn't it? trotsky Jul 2019 #12

Kentucky too... NeoGreen Jul 2019 #7

A KY School District Found a Brilliant Loophole for the "In God We Trust" Law muriel_volestrangler Aug 2019 #13

The relevant laws? Bretton Garcia Aug 2019 #14