‘In God We Trust’ on Display in California City
A mayor in Southern California says if someone wants to complain about his community’s display of the national motto, “let them file suit.”
A California city voted 4-0 this week in favor of displaying the national motto in its city hall. With the help of Mayor Bill Kruger, Chino Hills will proudly display the words “In God We Trust” on a wall behind the council dais. The aluminum lettering will soon be on display in the octagonal room that seats about 100 people, so an audience facing council members will be able to see the motto. Kruger says this is something he has wanted to do for a long time.
“I just went to the city manager and I said, ‘Look, it’s time to get back to what America is,” he explains. “I’m the mayor here, and I want to put it on the agenda for city council. We approved the whole thing. It’s a done deal in one council meeting; we did it as a one-stop deal.”
The Chino Hills mayor received overwhelming support from the school district, the school board, the fire district, and surrounding churches to have the placard. Meanwhile, only one man spoke out in opposition.
Dennis Yates, mayor of neighboring Chino, recently approved a similar display. “One of the council members requested the city manager to put it on the wall,” Yates explains. “The city manager can sign contracts up to $25,000, and this thing didn’t cost much, so I said, ‘Put it up.'”
He also affirms that the city of Chino still holds prayer before city council meetings — a privilege Kruger hopes to reinstate back into his city’s council meetings.
Though federal law forbids council meetings from mentioning God or any deity during invocations, the Chino Hills’ mayor thinks it is time to get prayer in public office “going again.”
“The bottom line is that some places have done it,” Kruger points out. “I was raised in a Christian family and going to church, [but the current law] doesn’t let us represent our religion; it doesn’t let us be politically free. If someone complains, let them file suit.”
The Christian official assures that he will continue to fight for religious freedom in his city. “We are going to do it, we are glad to do it [and] we are happy to do it — so let’s get on with it,” he urges.
(Source: OneNewsNow)
