Click to Login or Sign Up

Baptist Message

"Helping Louisiana Baptists Impact the World For Christ"

Committee meeting debate (Cartoon: Fletch) Devotional talk (Cartoon: Joe McKeever) <center>A good thing (Cartoon: Preacher’s Kids)</center>
  • John 3:16
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Archive
  • Cartoons
    • Joe McKeever
    • Beyond the Ark
    • Church of the Covered Dish
    • Fletch
    • Preacher’s Kids
  • Contact
  • Louisiana
  • U.S. & Intl
  • Facts & Finds
  • Culture & Society
  • Editorial

"I had to share this with the public. Notice what I will be putting on all Childress Police patrol units." -Chief Adrian Garcia

Atheists, ‘Go fly a kite,’ says Texas police chief

September 30, 2015

By Kelly Ledbetter, Christian Examiner

CHILDRESS, Texas (Christian Examiner) – Childress Police Chief Adrian Garcia has a way with words: efficient and direct.

So yesterday when he wrote a response to the Freedom from Religion Foundation letter he received about police vehicles bearing the words, “In God We Trust,” Garcia needed to use only four words — “Go fly a kite.”

“After carefully reading your letter I must deny your request in the removal of our Nations motto from our patrol units, and ask that you and the Freedom From Religion Foundation ‘go fly a kite.'” This was his entire one-sentence response.

To read the rest of the article, click here.

Comments

Editorial

God’s love will never be shaken

God’s love goes beyond your understanding. He has a commitment love for you that is not based on your actions. God’s love for you never changes. … Read More

Search

  • Trending
  • Recent
  • Must Read

Recent

New believer at 85: ‘It’s never too late!’

EVANGELISM 101 (Part 10): Top 10 Evangelism Mistakes

YOUNG: Greetings From Turkey Creek!

Must Read

FRC, Baptist leaders urge President Trump to stop mail-order abortions

Louisiana pastor is latest target of nationwide ‘pronoun’ attacks against religious freedom

President Trump: ‘We love you, God, and we love our great military. Protect them.’

Copyright © 2025 · News Pro Theme 2.1 On Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in