# "In God We Trust" required in all Louisiana Classrooms **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 4, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-god-we-trust-required-in-all-louisiana-classrooms/988052 "2023-08-04T16:34:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-god-we-trust-required-in-all-louisiana-classrooms/988052/61 "2023-08-07T22:35:58Z")
I was under the impression that a reasonable number of lawyers were Jewish, though admittedly I was thinking nationally. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-god-we-trust-required-in-all-louisiana-classrooms/988052/62 "2023-08-08T09:24:33Z")
Do you mean the one about the Decalogue? I got it. I was pointing out that not even the Christians agree with what the Ten Commandments are. Yet another reason for that bullshit term “ceremonial deism” as a cover for their unconstitutional actions to be shot down. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-god-we-trust-required-in-all-louisiana-classrooms/988052/63 "2023-08-08T11:05:05Z")
My favorite bit of SoCaS trivia is that one of earliest cases wasn’t atheists trying to get God out of public life. It was a dispute between Catholics and Protestants over who’s version of the Bible would be used. > **[Edgerton Bible Case](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgerton_Bible_Case)** > > The Edgerton Bible Case (formally State ex rel. Weiss v. District Board of School District No. Eight, 76 Wis. 177) was an important court case involving religious instruction in public schools in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The case was unanimously decided in favor of the appellants and declared that the use of the King James Bible in Edgerton, Wisconsin, public schools was unconstitutional sectarian education. > In the early days of Edgerton, Wisconsin, it was common practice for public school... > In the early days of Edgerton, Wisconsin, it was common practice for public school teachers to read aloud to their students from the King James Bible. In 1886, Roman Catholic parents protested about that to the school board and cited their belief that the Douay version of the Bible was the only correct translation for their children. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-god-we-trust-required-in-all-louisiana-classrooms/988052/64 "2023-08-08T13:32:47Z")
What preceded ‘In God we trust’, on the money is what the anti theists should take up as the motto for their cause. How could they not win, it predates this one the right adores so much. Isn’t that how it’s done? Revere the past? Let’s go even further back then that’s more pious and more patriotic, right? Right? “In God we trust”, replaced the much more apt, ‘Mind Your Business’. ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-god-we-trust-required-in-all-louisiana-classrooms/988052/65 "2023-08-08T13:58:25Z")
“In God We Trust” 'cuz The Kingfish is unavailable. Dan ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-god-we-trust-required-in-all-louisiana-classrooms/988052/66 "2023-08-08T14:26:35Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > “In God we trust”, replaced the much more apt, ‘Mind Your Business’. That original motto was Franklin’s doing, I’m guessing? It sounds like his style. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-god-we-trust-required-in-all-louisiana-classrooms/988052/67 "2023-08-08T14:38:26Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > That original motto was Franklin’s doing, I’m guessing? According to Wikipedia, yes ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-god-we-trust-required-in-all-louisiana-classrooms/988052/68 "2023-08-08T17:31:51Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > “In God we trust”, replaced the much more apt, ‘Mind Your Business’. _Gott mit uns_ ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-god-we-trust-required-in-all-louisiana-classrooms/988052/69 "2023-08-21T06:02:36Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Gott mit uns Not yet but I’m knitting some. 😜 ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-god-we-trust-required-in-all-louisiana-classrooms/988052/70 "2023-08-21T08:11:01Z")
If I had a child and that child were attending a school in Louisiana, I would encourage the child to ask at the beginning of each class, “Which god are we trusting in?” And then when they give the child the answer you know they’ll give, I’d have a field day with my lawyers and, likely, the ACLU in suing the bejeezus out of the school. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-god-we-trust-required-in-all-louisiana-classrooms/988052/71 "2023-08-21T12:56:34Z")
> [@Mallard](#): > > They should just add “and all others must pay cash” and then it wouldn’t be so objectionable, IMHO I predict an epidemic of just this sentence in graffiti added to the official motto ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-god-we-trust-required-in-all-louisiana-classrooms/988052/72 "2023-08-21T14:12:12Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > “Which god are we trusting in?” Vishnu. Always tell them it’s Vishnu. Fundie Christians really hate that. (I’ve taken to asking them why NOT Vishnu, and pointing out how many people have believed in Vishnu for how many centuries. It really does upset a lot of them) ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-god-we-trust-required-in-all-louisiana-classrooms/988052/73 "2023-08-21T14:37:18Z")
Most would probably say something like, “the one, true God.” But you’re right, at least a few of them would say, “the American God, Jesus!” ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-god-we-trust-required-in-all-louisiana-classrooms/988052/74 "2023-08-21T14:54:30Z")
Me, I would probably say “I’m just trying to earn a paycheck, kid. I got bills to pay. Don’t be a smartass.” ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-god-we-trust-required-in-all-louisiana-classrooms/988052/75 "2023-08-21T15:08:31Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > “the American God, Jesus!” I thought it well known that the only God in America is the Almighty Dollar. Novus ordo seclorum! ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-god-we-trust-required-in-all-louisiana-classrooms/988052/76 "2023-08-21T15:26:17Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > how many people have believed in Vishnu for how many centuries. 🎶Give me that old time religion 🎶 ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-god-we-trust-required-in-all-louisiana-classrooms/988052/77 "2023-08-21T15:41:41Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > I’ve taken to asking them why NOT Vishnu Have you considered the worship of the Great Feathered Serpent Quetzlcoatl? Here are just a few of the benefits he offers: 1. His name is fun to say! Try it! 2. While Quetzcoatl, like all deities, enjoys the occassional sacrifice of human blood, he often prefers the sacrifice of hummingbirds or butterflies instead. I figure you can probably keep him happy by capturing moths when you clean out your closet. 3. One of the largest pterosaurs ever is named after him, which is pretty cool! ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-god-we-trust-required-in-all-louisiana-classrooms/988052/78 "2023-08-21T19:05:24Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > I thought it well known that the only God in America is the Almighty Dollar. Novus ordo seclorum! Shhh! We don’t usually say that part out loud. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-god-we-trust-required-in-all-louisiana-classrooms/988052/79 "2023-10-09T09:32:20Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > 🎶Give me that old time religion 🎶 We will pray to Aphrodite She’s beautiful but flighty In her silken see-thru nightie She’s good enough for me. We will pray to Zarathrustra, Pray just like we used-to, I’m a Zarathrustra booster, He’s good enough for me. [More.](http://mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=4448) ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-god-we-trust-required-in-all-louisiana-classrooms/988052/80 "2023-10-09T14:18:06Z")
Sorry if it’s been mentioned, but when Kentucky passed the same law, a school in Lexington responded in the only appropriate way. > **[This Kentucky school framed a dollar bill to comply with 'In God We Trust' law](https://www.wlky.com/article/this-kentucky-school-framed-a-dollar-bill-to-comply-with-in-god-we-trust-law/28703005)** > > A law was passed earlier this year in Kentucky made it so that every school in the state would have to display the national motto in a "prominent place." [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-god-we-trust-required-in-all-louisiana-classrooms/988052.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-god-we-trust-required-in-all-louisiana-classrooms/988052.md?page=5)