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The US is a very religious country. Sometimes this shows up in unexpected ways.

For example, the California fast-food chain In-N-Out Burgers prints Bible verse references right on their packaging. I'd heard about this for a long time, but I finally saw it myself. It's actually true.

Since they're a private chain, they can do whatever they want without worrying about others. It's trickier for public companies, but some of them want to do something similar too. For instance, Alaska Airlines used to include prayer cards with the meals on their flights. But these guys trade on the stock exchange and have to listen to their shareholders. The shareholders started complaining that this practice might come across as disrespectful to people of other religions, and there are plenty of those in America. So they ended a practice that had gone on for over thirty years.

PS. The burgers are pretty tasty though.