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SB 131 – National Motto in Each Classroom which must be at least 4″ x 15″

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Sen. Kruse is engaged in a bit of culture war nonsense with SB 131 which mandates that each school classroom and library display a framed picture or durable poster with “In God We Trust” and the U.S. and Indiana flags. The poster has to be 11″ x 17″, the “In God We Trust” has to be at least 4″ x 15″ and the flags each have to be at least 5″ x 5″. No funds are appropriated for this expense.

This is bush league stuff. We’ve got real problems.

 

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  3. Doug Masson says

    The specificity and micromanagement of the dimensions really adds a *chef’s kiss* to the whole bill. I’m reminded of the Monty Python bit about the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch:

    And the Lord spake, saying, “First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.

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  4. Miriam says

    The main reason I read through this post was to figure out what the National Motto is, and why a State Legislator cared that it be posted in a classroom.

    PS – Loved the comparison to Monty Python.

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  5. Carlito Brigante says

    Except for Fort Wayne city government, which generally works in a bipartisan way to do the peoples business, northeast Indiana is yellow dog republican territory. Occasionally, a Democrat will win office in a city election, but that is a one-off. It is rural Alabama.

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  6. Stuart says

    The people in Kruse’s district must have needs for some constructive legislation. Surely they don’t live in the best of all possible worlds and only advocate culture wars legislation/

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    • Carlito Brigante says

      Some of his constituents live in Waterloo and Butler. Butler’s boasts of its hometown boy, Jeff Berry, former president of the Ku Klux Klan. FWIW, when researching Kruse’s Senate DIstrict, I saw that the Indiana Senate has 40 republicans and 10 Democrats.

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