04/18/2014
BUTLER (AP) – The commissioners of a western Pennsylvania county have voted 2-1 to display the national motto, “In God We Trust” on a wall of their meeting room. Republican Butler County Commissioners William McCarrier and Dale Pinkerton supported the display while Democrat Jim Eckstein didn’t. Pinkerton pushed the idea at the urging of a national group called In God We Trust – America Inc., which hopes cities and counties across the country will display the national motto adopted in 1956, which also appears on U.S. currency. Eckstein says he’s concerned about a court challenge by the ACLU or some other group. But ACLU attorney Sara Rose says a challenge is unlikely because courts have ruled the motto does not promote one religious group over another.
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BUTLER (AP) – The commissioners of a western Pennsylvania county have voted 2-1 to display the national motto, “In God We Trust” on a wall of their meeting room. Republican Butler County Commissioners William McCarrier and Dale Pinkerton supported the display while Democrat Jim Eckstein didn’t. Pinkerton pushed the idea at the urging of a national group called In God We Trust – America Inc., which hopes cities and counties across the country will display the national motto adopted in 1956, which also appears on U.S. currency. Eckstein says he’s concerned about a court challenge by the ACLU or some other group. But ACLU attorney Sara Rose says a challenge is unlikely because courts have ruled the motto does not promote one religious group over another.
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