Board puts faith in 'In God We Trust'

L.A. Times ^ | Nov 7, 2007 | Steve Chawkins

[como_1996]

After months of contentious debate, a Bakersfield school district has voted to display the phrase "In God We Trust" on the walls of more than 2,300 classrooms, school libraries, administrative offices and the board's meeting room.

[como_1996]

"We're not going to accept the agenda of some radical leftists who want to expunge God from public dialogue,"

Glad to see someone still has some stones!

[Doomonyou]

Go Bakersfield. Lets hope it spreads.

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

Bakersfield?

Bakersfield, California???

California?????

It's Armageddon......run!!!

[mad puppy]

Wow. Didn’t see that coming, particularly from a CAlifornia town. Those fires and earth quakes have a way of getting you to see the big picture.

[Spok]

This is clearly hate speech. I’m sure the ACLU will get right on it. /sarc

[Bitsy]

Some good news from CA -

[wastedyears]

Yes, good news

[pillut48]

[Brain-Washed Sheeple]

You know, Bakersfield is actually in one of the reddest counties in California. In fact, don’t let this get out, but California is much more red than it is blue... just the counties along the coast control the whole state.

[what's up]

I have a theory that a lot of good reforms are going to originate in CA in coming years.

It was the state that led to a lot of depravity for the US; I also think it will be the state which will lead some turnarounds.

Bakersfield is a case in point.

[Bubba_Leroy]

After months of contentious debate, a Bakersfield school district has voted to spend thousands of dollars in attorneys fees to defend lawsuits that will shortly be filed by the ACLU and other left wing and athiest groups. The school district will lose before the district court and before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and be ordered to pay all of the fees charged by the ACLU's attorneys as well.

Sorry, but I'm not optimistic.

[Old Landmarks]

It is nothing less than incredible that a phrase as American and acceptable as "In God We Trust" would even be remotely thought of as unconstitutional. The unbelievable amount of constant liberal brainwashing has made long-settled and never questionable things such as Christmas, nativity scenes, Easter, "One Nation Under God", community standards and laws reflecting Judeo Christian moral pressupositions.

All these leftist witch-hunt arguments and the cultural destruction is judge made anti-American liberalism pretending to be fairmindedness.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

The same as Washington State, Outside of the Socialist republic of Seattle, it gets a lot more conservative but they have no clout as planned by the communists in Seattle.

[Enterprise]

Bakersfield is a conservative town. I like ‘em.

[theDentist]

Ever see the brief series “Bakersfield P.D.” on Fox. Hysterical. Everytime I see Bakersfield in a headline, I grin.

[boop]

"The school district will lose before the district court and before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and be ordered to pay all of the fees charged by the ACLU's attorneys as well."

The ACLU can send me all of their US currency that contains the offensive "In God We Trust" motto. That will make them feel better.

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Ping

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Actually Bakersfield, Fresno, Hanford, Visalia, Modesto, Merced and Stockton are fairly conservative areas. Red counties in a blue state. We live in Fresno County! :)

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Googlize

“Cows don’t vote” Warren

for how this madness got started, if you weren’t sure where the dominance of blue cities started.

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

I live in a red county in a blue state too!!