Here's a nickel, buy yourself a clue (UPDATED)
The "offending" coinI'm all for vigilance in making sure the wall between church and state remains intact, and that the majority's religious sensibilities do not trample on the minority's.
But the principal of a Texas school as gone too far.
From WFAA-TV, via the Dallas Morning News:
The freedom of religion at Liberty Elementary School has gone too far for some parents at the Colleyville school.
The cover of the Keller ISD school's annual depicts the 2005 Liberty Nickel – complete with the face of Thomas Jefferson – but the words "In God We Trust" are missing.
Instead, the $16 yearbook contains a sticker with the credo and directions on how to apply it to the cover if the owner chooses.
Read the whole story here.
UPDATED, 7:55 a.m., May 23, 2006
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