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I think this is a great opportunity for a whole series of MIT-style hacks: - Put the text on a gay-rights rainbow flag - Put it on a Canadian Flag - Make it

I think this is a great opportunity for a whole series of MIT-style hacks: - Put the text on a gay-rights rainbow flag - Put it on a Canadian Flag - Make it a very very small poster - Make it a very very large poster - Make it an ad for your new start-up, with the text very very small in the corner - Put otherwise profane words on the poster but have 'In God We Trust' on it too - Make a word cloud with the text in the word cloud somewhere - Make it as offensive as possible to the writers of the law with 'In God We Trust' on it. Like, ads for The Bunny Ranch, or for your DnD club, ads for the nearest abortion clinic, etc. - Make it useful to the students with the text on it. Put helpful notes about how to use your phone to cheat in class, what teachers you suspect of dating each other, how much the principal makes in a year, etc - Cherry pick laws you want to highlight and have the text on it. - Have it be outright campaign ads for politicians with the text on it In the end, the law is so poorly written that it essential makes staff into full time poster putter-uppers for literally any message you want to have sent. You only need to pay for the poster. This opens up opportunities for the students and teachers.

number6 4y ago
"In god we trust? No! Science - works even without trust" Would they be required to hang even this poster?
eesmith 4y ago
Most of these are prohibited in the law, which says the poster or framed copy "may not depict any words, images, or other information other than the representations listed in Subdivision (1)". https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00797F.htm https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00797F... The gay-rights rainbow flag would be information encoded in the color. Subdivision (1) allows only a US flag and a state flag. The "other information" clearly prohibits the ads and other text examples you mentioned, leaving only the size as something you could change.
- Balgair 4y ago
  Maybe just use a really thick font and bad kerning to have the repeated 'In God We Trust' words as a line. Then use that repeated message to outline other words. Here's a really terrible example: https://imgur.com/a/Vwd5uho https://imgur.com/a/Vwd5uho
  - eesmith 4y ago
    I'm sure a judge (and the principal) will say the "Hi" example you give violates the "no other information" requirement. You will need "a representation of the United States flag centered under the national motto." The same judge/principal will likely interpret "the national motto" to mean there is only one instance of the motto, and thereby reject repeated copies of the motto.

number6 4y ago

"In god we trust? No! Science - works even without trust" Would they be required to hang even this poster?

eesmith 4y ago

Most of these are prohibited in the law, which says the poster or framed copy "may not depict any words, images, or other information other than the representations listed in Subdivision (1)". https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00797F.htm https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00797F... The gay-rights rainbow flag would be information encoded in the color. Subdivision (1) allows only a US flag and a state flag. The "other information" clearly prohibits the ads and other text examples you mentioned, leaving only the size as something you could change.

Balgair 4y ago
Maybe just use a really thick font and bad kerning to have the repeated 'In God We Trust' words as a line. Then use that repeated message to outline other words. Here's a really terrible example: https://imgur.com/a/Vwd5uho https://imgur.com/a/Vwd5uho
- eesmith 4y ago
  I'm sure a judge (and the principal) will say the "Hi" example you give violates the "no other information" requirement. You will need "a representation of the United States flag centered under the national motto." The same judge/principal will likely interpret "the national motto" to mean there is only one instance of the motto, and thereby reject repeated copies of the motto.