South Carolina drivers will be the first in the nation to be offered license plates that carry the phrase “I Believe” and a Christian cross over a stained-glass window under a law that took effect on Thursday.
Critics have threatened to fight the law in court, saying the license plate represents an illegal state endorsement of religion.
The bill authorizing the plate passed the State House and Senate unanimously on May 22. It became law without the signature of Gov. Mark Sanford, a Republican, under the South Carolina Constitution.
“While I do, in fact, ‘believe,’ it is my personal view that the largest proclamation of one’s faith ought to be in how one lives one’s life,” Mr. Sanford wrote on Thursday in a letter to Glenn F. McConnell, president pro tem of the Senate and a fellow Republican.
Kudos to Governor Sanford and I hope the threatened fight from critics materializes and stops this abomination of governmental religious spending and unconstitutional promotion of religion.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
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south carolina too?? arghh...
we've got those stupid "in god we trust" license plates here in indiana. drives me nuts. then, to sell more god plates, they turned around and redesigned the regular, "non-god" plates and made 'em butt ugly, so that nobody wants 'em. so now, 75% of indiana license plates say "in god we trust".
know what i want? a plate w/ a darwin fish, saying "i believe". now that would be justice!
Butt ugly is better than butt stupid.
"Butt stupid?" Now there is a phrase I'd never heard before. Appropriate tho'.
fortunately, i get to skip both butt ugly and butt stupid, for now.
motorcycle plates are too small for flash; plain jane is all they have in bike-size. thankfully.
now, if i actually get another car before winter (fingers crossed), i'll have to opt for butt ugly.
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