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AFA ActivismAction Alert - 12/17/01ACLU Admits They Can’t Block “In God We Trust” PostersAFA President Donald E. Wildmon says, “I knew all along that the ACLU wasn’t going to sue anyone over the posters. Since we now have proof that their threats are meaningless, we expect to see an increasing number of schools and public facilities displaying our National Motto.”
Since February of this year, the American Family Association has been involved in a nationwide campaign to get America's national motto "In God We Trust" into every public school classroom in the country. Toward that end, the Tupelo, Mississippi-based group has distributed almost a quarter-million posters displaying the motto to schools, churches, and individuals from coast to coast. The ACLU has threatened to sue officials displaying the posters. However, Carrie Moss, executive director of the Michigan chapter of the ACLU, recently conceded that fighting the issue would be difficult. According to The Kalamazoo Gazette, Moss said “It’s language (In God We Trust) that has been upheld by the Supreme Court for our money: they decided it didn’t necessarily promote any religion, so I think it would be difficult to make an issue about.” AFA President Donald E. Wildmon says, “I knew all along that the ACLU wasn’t going to sue anyone over the posters. Since we now have proof that their threats are meaningless, we expect to see an increasing number of schools and public facilities displaying our National Motto.” "For too long, the ACLU has used a mythical 'separation of church and state' argument to drive the knowledge of God out of our classrooms," Wildmon says. "As far as I'm concerned, their misdirected efforts --and the failure of God-fearing persons to challenge them -- are a major reason our schools, and our society, are in the fix they are." "It has been shown time and time again that faith in God was a major component in the founding of this country," he says. "And our own Congress voted in 1956 to make 'In God We Trust' our national motto. It's a patriotic issue, not a religious issue." "There's no reason in the world why the motto should not be taught to every child in our schools and posted in every classroom," he says. "AFA will continue to distribute the posters and encourage officials to hang them in schools, libraries and other public buildings." ACTION NEEDEDLet's place a copy of our motto "In God We Trust" in every classroom in the country! Click here for the "In God We Trust Poster" website.The Mississippi legislature recently passed a law requiring each public school classroom, auditorium and cafeteria to display a copy of our national motto. AFA encourages you to forward a copy of this law to your state legislators and encourage the passage of similar legislation in your state. Don't worry about lawsuits. The courts have always upheld the display of the national motto in public places. And should the ACLU want to sue, your AFA Center for Law and Policy will be happy to defend without cost. One principal at a northeast Mississippi elementary school has given every child in her school a button displaying the national motto "In God We Trust." Why not purchase enough buttons to provide one for every student in your school or school district? This would be a great project for a church or civic group - Order here
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