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Pushback Causes Kansas Community to Walk Back Measure Banning ‘In God We Trust’ on Police Vehicles

BY NICK GILBERTSON

 

A city council in Kansas has voted to walk back a measure that mandated the removal of “In God We Trust” decals from police vehicles after constituents pushed back against the ban, KWCH reported.

At the May 2 council meeting in Haven, Councilmember Sandra Williams made a motion to nix the “In God We Trust” decals in addition to bible scripture posted to the Haven Police Department (HPD) Facebook page, the outlet previously noted. The motion resulted in a unanimous five to zero vote to remove both the decals — which officers purchased themselves months ago — and the scripture from the Facebook page. “The city’s attorney said the decision came out of an attempt to separate church and state,” according to KWCH. Fox News reported the scripture has since been deleted from the page.

The decision to remove the slogan from police vehicles was met with outrage from a number of citizens who were in favor of them.

 

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