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Yup, no Christian nation here. That's for sure.
A judge in South Carolina has banned a license plate with the words "I Believe" on it. Not sure what the guy believes but the cross and stained glass windows imply a church. Still not sure what he believes about the church.
But the judge doesn't care. The judge says the plate amounted to state endorsement of a particular religion. I wonder if they got that Christian prison in Oklahoma to make the plates if the judge would still think so. See - All-Christian prison planned for Oklahoma-Kansas states.
There are some 103 specialty vehicle plates in South Carolina. Here in California where I live, folk believe they can save the whales, the puffins, the hooty owls, the....but they can't believe they are going to be saved.
Separation of church and state - makes sense. But what about freedom of speech?
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I agree, it should be allowed as a speciality plate. That is plain and simple ridiculous, political correctness, at face value. Why can't you say "I believe" if you want to. Then again, will they allow me to have a Darwin fish on my tag. . .? Nope!
"Separation of church and state - makes sense. But what about freedom of speech?" ???
There is no impingement on freedom of speech with this.
The religious zealots have the whole rest of their bumper.
YHWH - is it really you, lol! If your not aware, those letters are known to be the unpronouncable name of God. Not used today at all, it comes from the earliest writings, before true monotheism came to be. The english rendition is somthething like Yawey. If you did know that, good one!) Religion has evolved the same as everything else.
The state should have been fined millions of dollars for wasting the court's time with such a frivolous case. Any first year law student could see that was blatantly unconstitutional. I could almost see the case for free expression if the plan had been to allow ANY relgion's symbol to be used, but that clearly wasn't part of the plan. It was a cheesy attempt to declare sectarian Christianity as the official state religion.
While South Carolina may indeed have 103 specialty plates, they charge drivers who want them an extra fee. The Christian plate wouldn't have cost any more than a regular license plate, and the program wasn't open to other religions.
How is that not a state endorsment of religion.
I surely hope that whoever wrote this article is not a journalist. If so, I think they need to go back to school. The topic is made less interesting because of how poorly written the article is. I am in high school and I can write better than that.
A couple of things to remember...
1) No other State has or permits religiously-themed vanity plates.
2) When the legistlature proposed this particular plate, it was plainly presented as a pro-christian expression.
3) The bill that established this did so ONLY for a christian themed plate.
The judge was right. This is a plain violation of the First Amendment. Get over it and quit trying to get the government to endorse your religion.
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