FORT WORTH, Texas — The Austin-based Kaplan Law Firm delivered cease and desist notices to four North Texas school districts on Friday morning requesting that they remove all non-compliant “In God We Trust” signs from their schools.
The firm represents a group of concerned parents from the Carroll, Mansfield, Keller and Grapevine-Colleyville school districts, who allege that a Texas law requiring schools to display “In God We Trust” signs that are donated pushes Christian theology and is a violation of their students’ First Amendment rights.
“Our public schools must be places that affirm all students regardless of race or ethnicity, religion, gender identity or sexual orientation,” the parents said in a joint statement. “Our schools cannot be places that prioritize a singular religious ideology nor can they become political battlegrounds.”
