Blog from the Capital

After a lengthy battle, the Kern School Board in Baskersfield, CA voted on a controversial poster design to adorn all classrooms. The poster features "In God We Trust" amid several other historical documents, explaining the context in which the phrase became the national motto in the 1950s. Changes in the design seem to have softened the concerns of church-state watchdogs:

The changes eliminated the connection to a controversial Christian group, American Family Association, and put some distance between the board and Bakersfield City Councilwoman Jacquie Sullivan's nonprofit organization, In God We Trust -- America Inc., which had planned to donate the posters.
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The new design puts "In God We Trust," which is scripted in a font similar to that of the U.S. Constitution, in context with the original motto, which is E Pluribus Unum.
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"The original proposal might have opened the door to a legal challenge, but I don't think this one does," said Robert Boston, assistant director of communications for the Americans United for the Separation of Church and State..."

I can't find a decently sized version of the poster to see for myself, but was a little surprised to read that the motto is in a "font similar to that of the U.S. Constitution." Does that not raise eyebrows with the potential to lead students to believe "In God We Trust" comes from the Constitution, or at least from the same era? Should they have to read the fine print to determine that the script is just a purposeful anachronism? It's hard to read, but you can see a small version of the poster at this story. Can you tell which of the pieces there actually represent founding documents and which is merely a font imitation?