PORTERVILLE -- Many cities have endured acrimonious debate over the role of religion in government. ... By Erik Lacayo / The Fresno Bee PORTERVILLE -- Now city officials plan to ask voters to put God back into local government -- or at least on city stationery -- with the...
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PORTERVILLE, Calif. - Officials in the Central Valley city of Porterville want to put God back in government. A measure on the June 3 ballot will ask voters to change the city's motto to "In God We Trust." Those words already are on display in the city council chambers, but making it the official...
PORTERVILLE, Calif. -- Officials in the Central Valley city of Porterville want to put God back in government. A measure on the June 3 ballot will ask voters to change the city's motto to "In God We Trust." Those words already are on display in the city council chambers, but making it the...
A California city is moving to adopt "In God We Trust" as its official motto. Friday's Fresno (CA) Bee reports that Porterville, CA has a measure on its June 3 ballot that calls for adopting the motto. The motto is already unofficially on display in city council chambers, but its official...
PORTERVILLE -- Many cities have endured acrimonious debate over the role of religion in government.Porterville isn't one of them. This South Valley city had only one citizen who publicly complained about the mixing of church and state in recent years -- and he moved away.