An activist plans to test Texas’ ‘In God We Trust’ law with signs in Arabic

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“Activist Chaz Stevens is in the second group.

He’s taking on a Texas law that requires public schools to display 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.

Stevens, who lives in Florida and is known for his petitions to local governments, heard of the law about a week ago and told NPR he was irritated by the move to bring religion — in this case, Christianity — into schools.

“That should be irritating for you, regardless of what God or not-God you believe in,” he said.

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.”

Does what language it’s in matter?

Is not the supposed God great, regardless whether it’s “God is great,” “Allu Akbar”, or “الله أكبر”?

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Article URL : https://www.npr.org/2022/08/26/1119488708/in-god-we-trust-texas-signs-arabic