'In God We Trust' Posters Going Up In Glynn County Schools
POSTED: Thursday, November 10, 2005
BRUNSWICK, Ga. -- Over the next few months, posters reading "In God We Trust" will appear in every Glynn County school classroom.
Although the school board knows the posters have potential to stir up controversy, it feels they are legal under state law because no tax dollars are being used.
The posters are the idea of Brunswick's First Baptist Church, which is paying for the printing and framing. Boy Scouts will distribute and hang the posters -- expected to be in every school by next year.
"'In God We Trust' is the national motto -- it's on every single dollar bill," said Debbie Brown of First Baptist Church. "It's just important that our students understand, one, where our foundations are based, and, two, it's connection to our country."
The county's school superintendent expects there to be a challenge, but has heard no opposition yet.
"I'm going to choose real carefully the things I take a serious stand on," Glynn County Superintendent Michael Bull said. "In this case, I'm simply directed by the board to move forward on this, and that's what I'm going to do."
Parents whom Channel 4's Adam Landau spoke with Wednesday night were split on the issue, with some supporting the idea and others thinking the posters were not appropriate in public schools.
"As a Christian, I think it's a great idea. But in the situation where you have to separate church and state, it's not a good idea," parent Allison Purcer said.
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