Satanic Temple Threatens Lawsuit if Mississippi Puts ‘In God We Trust’ on State Flag

The Satanic Temple is threatening to sue the state of Mississippi if the state chooses to include the national motto, “In God We Trust,” on the flag.

As Christian Headlines previously reported, Mississippi legislators voted to remove the Confederate symbol from the state flag in late June. A new flag will be redesigned to potentially include the phrase “In God We Trust” instead of the Confederate battle emblem.

The Satanic Temple, however, is expressing opposition to the court ruling because of its decision to include the faith-centric phrase, a letter sent to Attorney General Lynn Fitch by representative Marc Randazza of Randazza Legal Group says.

“We understand that your state is planning to take the very positive step of removing the Confederate battle flag from the Mississippi state flag,” Randazza wrote in the letter. “However, it is our understanding that the proposal calls for it to be replaced with “In God we Trust”, a proposal you seem to endorse.

“While the Satanic Temple supports the removal of the Confederate flag, removing one divisive symbol of exclusion only to replace it with a divisive phrase of exclusion does not eliminate exclusion, but rather moves it from one group to a collection of others,” Randazza wrote.

The letter went on to suggest that Mississippi “should include a reference to Satan” if the state “is going to use a…