VIDEO: Atheist Mother Begs Ballwin Not to Put Up "In God We Trust" Sign

By Lindsay Toler Thu., Sep. 11 2014 at 6:00 AM

Nikki Moungo, a self-proclaimed atheist and a mother, made an impassioned plea to the Ballwin City Council asking it not to put up a planned "In God We Trust" sign on city property.

Instead, Moungo told the council she'd like a sign with the motto "E pluribus unum" (Latin for "Out of many, one", and she brought a $1,000 check to the meeting to fund it.

"If you want to put up 'E pluribus unum,' you've got my money. If you want to put up 'In God We Trust,' then it will be a fight I'm ready to take on," Moungo told the council at Monday's meeting. "This is my kids' lives. This is their town. And they deserve to be included as much as Christian children do."

The Holy Infant Knights of Columbus have pledged $750 toward building an "In God We Trust" sign on public property, and the city approved moving forward with the project at a meeting last month. No other municipality in St. Louis County has the religious motto on a public building, Knights of Columbus representative Joe Strange has told the council.