After a portion of the mob entered the Senate chamber on Jan. 6, a handful of men mounted the podium. One of them lifted his hands and cried out, “Jesus Christ, we invoke your name. Amen.” Then Jacob Chansley, sometimes called the QAnon Shaman, took his bullhorn and announced gratitude to God for being able to “send a message to all the tyrants, the communists, and the globalists that this is our nation, not theirs.”
Bare-chested to expose his white supremacist tattoos, he had paused briefly to remove his Viking-inspired horned headdress and cap presumably to assume a properly humble posture as he claimed the United States for himself and his fellow-believers.
demands for religious liberty, six states have passed in the last year either allowing or requiring the phrase to be displayed in public schools. tennessee, louisiana and arkansas join florida and states required by alabama and arizona it s optional. the push for these laws comes from what is called project with campaign sponsored by the congressional prayer caucus foundation. we try to give them a menu seen these are the best of the best things happening across the country. 20 model bills were conservative lawmakers to use. the proposal for displaying in god we trust his first on the list. you have people that feel like today they are being censored if they just mention the word god. this gives meaning and purpose to the lives of so many individuals in this country. not everybody but a lot of them. some critics say the laws of violation of separation of church and state. the first duty of government
from what s called project blitz, a campaign sponsored by the congressional prayer caucus foundation. we say here are the best of the best things happening across the country. its handbook suggests 20 model bills for conservative lawmakers to use, the proposal for displaying in god we trust is first on the list. people feel like they re being ken censored. some critics and even parents see the law as a violation of separation of church and state. the first duty of government the to represent all of its people and never to send a message that certain individuals have more rights or better respected by the state than others. i don t really want the school system pushing them one way or the other in terms of religious beliefs. it s likely we could see some challenges to the public display of the motto, but legal experts
school year. chief religion correspondent lauren green has more on this from new york city. is this a larger push by conservatives to protect their religious liberty? it is. in god we trust has been our national motto since the mid 1950s. on our currency. in halls of congress. but as religious tensions have grown in the u.s. six states in the last year have passed laws either allowing or requiring the phrase to be displayed in public schools. as students head back to classrooms in florida, the famous motto is posted on school walls. lawmakers there made displaying those words mandatory. similar laws were passed in tennessee, louisiana and arkansas. it s now allowed but not required in alabama and arizona. the push for these laws came from what s called project blitz, a campaign sponsored by the congressional prayer caucus
six states have passed laws in the past year either allowing or requiring the phrase to be displayed in public schools. tennessee, louisiana, and arkansas join florida as it states where it s required where alabama and arizona it s optional. the push for these laws comes from what s called the project blitz, a campaign that sponsored the congressional prayer caucus foundation. it suggests a 20 model bills from conservative lawmakers to use, ever poseable for displaying in god we trust is first on the list. you have people who feel they are being censored if they mention the word god, this is what gives meaning and purpose to the lives of so many individuals in this country. some critics and even parents see the law is a violation of separation and of church and state. the first duty of government is to represent all of its people and never send a message that certain individuals have more rights or that are