Critics cry illegal government endorsement of religion,but law enforcement agencies say they are pushing back after recent deaths of officers nationwideA police department in a rural Texas Bible belt community has placed large “In God We Trust” decals on its patrol vehicles in response to recent violence against law enforcement officers, but a watchdog group says the decals amount to an illegal government endorsement of religion.
The decision by police this month to unveil the phrase in Childress, and an agricultural community of some 6100 people at the southern edge of the Texas Panhandle,follows a similar amble by dozens of other police agencies elsewhere in the country. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com