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Penn. Dem vows to veto evangelical ‘In God We Trust’ bill ‘imposing Christianity’ in govt.
By David Edwards
Tuesday, September 9, 2014 14:53 EDT

Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald said this week that he would veto a measure that would force county council members to display “In God We Trust” in their chambers.

“This has been a movement by the right-wing evangelical Christians across the country basically to impose Christianity only in courthouses and schools buildings,” Fitzgerald explained to KDKA radio on Tuesday. “And there’s one on county council, Sue Means, that’s pushing this.”

He pointed out that people did not need to be a “right-wing evangelical Christian” to be welcomed in Allegheny County.

“We welcome Hindus and Jews and Muslims and atheists,” he said. “This would not be the signal that we want to send as a community, that we’re exclusionary and not inviting to people of all stripes.”