[Diana in Wisconsin]

[AppyPappy]

Offended??? By what????

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

It's crazy that she even has to appear before a state committee. Faith is treated like a hate crime. I guess that's the point.

[little jeremiah]

ping to self for later pingout.

[Manic_Episode]

The wench who snivelled and initiated the complaint should have to appear at the review and explain why that verse is so offensive to her, causing the only complaint in 21 years.

[Atheist_Canadian_Conservative]

How stupid. Some latte sipping, unwashed Greenpeace hippy sees that and gets "offended". OK, that part is fine - you are allowed to be offended by anything (even something as unoffensive as this). But then complain? Come on. Mr. Hippy needs to get laid and find a job (bashing out bad poetry at starbucks doesn't count).

[SoDak]

I saw a "Husker" SD plate recently, does this mean that the state Of South Dakota has endorsed Nebraska athletics?

[Dead Corpse]

I've got nothing wrong with her having that vanity plate. I wonder what she'd think of my bumper sticker though...

[CanisMajor2002]

Does the complainer even know what John 3:16 says, other than it is a religious message to those in the know? Would there be the same treatment if the license plate said:
EXOD20:3
REV22:12 (for a more positive message)

It seems to me there has to be some knowledge for this to be of some offense.

[Paul_Denton]

I am sure that if it said "allah" that the government of the People's Republic of Washinton would not complain.

I will say it again. GREGOIRE IS NOT MY GOVERNOR!

[Arkinsaw]

The courts have ruled on these things over and over again. If the state opens up a public area for speech, they cannot discriminate on certain speech because of the state does not approve of its content except in very limited areas (obscenity, public safety, and the like).

Its the same principle as opening up a public park for protests for abortion. If they do that, they cannot completely exclude anti-abortion protesters because that would be favoring a certain content and discriminating against another. They stand no chance really if all the precedents hold, they can only hope for a freak judge...who will then get overturned.

[CPOSharky]

What happened to keeping church and state separate?"

The complainer doesn't know what the First Amendment actually says, just what her liberal friends say.

"The complainer can go pound salt." Sharky 5-16

[JoeSixPack1]

Ignorance knows no bounds. Tell the review committee it's in memorial to her high school sweetheart John, born March 16th. Or they broke up March 16. Creative anti-religous complaints, not having a basis in reality, sometimes require an answer in kind.

End of prob. Keep the plate. Do minor penance. :-)

But being a Christian, she is being truthful and honest. The dilemma alone is enough to make ya say a couple of Hail Mary's. :-)

[Lazamataz]

But Brad Benfield with the State Department of Licensing said, "It appears from the complaint that somebody was not happy that a state issued license plate had a religious component."

Identify the complainant.

In America, we have the right to face our accusers.

Make his or her name public.

[null and void]

She needs a frame that says:

ON THE OTHER HAND
JOHN 3:16
I HATE YOUR GUTS

[Jet Jaguar]

A few years back, a kid was given a graduation present by his father.

It was a car with a vanity plate that read 4JIHAD.

It was a news story until the press learned the kid's name was Jihad. Reported to be an honorable first name among the Islamic community in California. IIRC

[wizardoz]

A Pierce County woman made the complaint, which reads in part: "I was offended that I have to be 'prayed over' by a license plate... What happened to keeping church and state separate?"

This woman is just a b-tch. Likes to control others. I hate creatures like these....

[southernnorthcarolina]

We tracked down the woman who lodged the complaint, and she declined an on-camera interview. She says frankly, she's dismayed the state didn't keep her complaint anonymous.

That's what bothers me most about this tawdry little episode. Should not the "accused" (Ms. Milhans) have the right of knowing who her accuser is?

I think the TV station should provide the name of the accuser. Let's see if she has any habits which are "offensive."

Anyone who files complaint on another citizen should be required to do so openly and publicly. Anonymous complaints should be ignored.

[DuncanWaring]

Apparently that little clause about "...prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." is out of style these days.

[xrp]

Tell the offended bitch not to look at the license plate.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

But now, someone has told the state Jane's plate is offensive.

The state needs to tell 'someone'..."No it isn't".

A lot of states and school administrators need to start saying this when they are confronted by an individual who claims that something is 'offensive'. This crap is getting out of hand.