The bill’s author, state Rep. Dodie Horton, said to CNN affiliate WVUE, “It doesn’t preach any particular religion at all, but it certainly does recognize a higher power.”

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    While the “In God We Trust” motto does not reference any one religion, critics of the law fear it will further blur the lines separating church and state, which follows a pattern seen in Southern legislatures in recent years.

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      Satan is not God though is he/it? So they are discriminating. It has to be challenged by those legends at the church of satan.

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        The Satanic Temple is who you’re probably thinking of because the Church of Satan doesn’t do much of anything except post snarky things on X and whine about how TST isn’t real Satanism and how TST shouldn’t be engaging in political action.