Freedom from Religion Foundation calls for removal of “In God We Trust” stickers

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MADISON, Wisconsin: In a press release the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) announced they have called for seven law enforcement agencies nationwide to remove “In God We Trust” decals from their law enforcement vehicles. The Laclede County Sheriff’s Office was not included in the mailings, although Stone County, Missouri was. Both agencies recently placed the decals on their patrol vehicles.

In the letters, FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor points out that posting “In God We Trust” on police vehicles promotes religion, sending a message of exclusion to nearly a quarter of the U.S. population who identifies as nonreligious.

The letters were sent to to the following agencies:

• Amory Police Department, Miss.

• Bay County Sheriff’s Office, Fla.

• Bonifay Police Department, Fla.

• Culpeper County Sheriff’s Office, Va.

• Halifax County Sheriff’s Office, N.C.

• Stone County Sheriff’s Department, Mo.

• Walton County Sheriff’s Office, Fla.

“Spending taxpayer time placing religious messages on patrol cars is beyond the scope of secular government,” wrote Gaylor. “Further, in a time when citizens nationwide are increasingly distrustful of police actions, it is frightening and politically dubious to announce to citizens that law enforcement officers rely on the judgment of a deity rather than on the judgment of the law.”

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