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“In G-d We Trust” in TX Schools

Liberal critics are protesting a new Texas law requiring state schools to display posters with the national motto of “In G-d We Trust” in every campus building along with a picture of the American and state flag.

While the bill, dubbed SB 797, also states that the required insignia must be donated by private institutions, some view the move as an infringement on religious liberty and the separation of church and state.

Backers of the new law, however, see it as an indication that America is still a country governed by Christian ideals and that schoolchildren should be proud of their national heritage.

State Rep. Tom Oliverson, one of the co-authors of the bill, referred to it as a “great opportunity” to display the national motto, while Sen. Bryan Hughes, another co-author, praised the measure for “asserting our collective trust in a sovereign G-d.”

Opponents of the law believe it imposes religion in public schools. “In the broader context, it’s hard not to see them as part of the larger Christian nationalist project,” Sophie Ellman-Golan, director of strategic communications at Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ), told The Guardian.

Ellman-Golan said the bill also affected other issues such as women’s health and education.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) took a different approach, saying the initiative could pave the way for inter-faith dialogue.

“The notion of trusting G-d is common across faiths,” CAIR’s director Corey Saylor said. “Applied through that lens, the posters can foster discussions among Texas students about their various faiths and enhance understanding.”

Busing Migrants from TX to NY, DC

The largest group of migrants, numbering at least 140, arrived in NYC from Texas last week, according to the mayor’s office of immigrant affairs. The group, consisting of at least 10 children, was the latest to be sent by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who blames the Biden administration for fomenting the current migrant crisis.

While the asylum seekers themselves say they are happy to be bused out of Texas to be headed for destinations such as Washington, D.C., and New York City, border officials and representatives continue to point the finger at President Biden’s border policies which have seen hundreds of thousands enter the U.S. in the past year alone.

New York Mayor Eric Adams and other Democratic Party officials, in the meantime, have accused Abbott of using the crisis as a cynical political ruse aimed at undermining his political opponents despite the governor’s claims that the migrants have come willingly after signing a waiver consenting to the trip. Mayor Adams has repeatedly said in the past that New York City is a sanctuary city that welcomes migrants.

Including the hundreds bused in from Texas, about 6,000 asylum seekers have arrived in New York from border states since May, according to the mayor’s immigrant affairs office.

“Texas has also bused over 7,000

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