That is how we ended up with these plates for Secular Humanists also:
Posted on 06/13/2008 6:45:56 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
South Carolina to Become First State to Issue 'I Believe' (in Jesus) License Plates
Friday, June 13, 2008
COLUMBIA, S.C — South Carolina's lieutenant governor announced Thursday that he is willing to put up $4,000 of his own money so his state can become the first in the nation to issue "I Believe" license plates with the image of a cross and a stained glass window.
The legislation allowing the plates was one of several religious-themed bills to became laws in the closing days of the state's legislative session.
The bills mean South Carolinians attending local government meetings could soon see the Ten Commandments and the Lord's Prayer posted on walls, pray without fear of being sued and drive home in cars with the "I Believe" plates.
Civil rights groups are considering lawsuits. An attorney for the New York-based American Jewish Congress, Mark Stern, said the bills are an obvious endorsement of religion by legislators in an election year. His group is looking to sue over the plates.
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Lawsuits to stop the plates are no fun. Just make them be equal and approve a wider variety of religious plates. Watch the hypocrites among them squirm as “pagan” and “witch” plates are on the road.
“In God We Trust” plates in Indiana caused an uproar from non-beleivers when they came out.
Why not just let licence plates be license plates and let everyone buy their own bumper stickers.
The SCROTUS ain’t gonna go for this.
Stay out of the way of these cars. When the Rapture comes, there won’t be a driver and they’ll run you right over.
Will Taxachussetts be the first to have a “Walking Fish” with ‘Darwin’ inside the outline of the fish?
Or, will California be the first?
Good God, man! That's entirely too sensible!
Just where do you think you are?
I look forward to the “Submit” license plates, the “Yes We Can” plates, the “Go with Buddha” plates, the “War is Not the Answer” plates, the “Bless Mother Gaia” plates, the “Wiccken Way” plates, the “God loves Gays” plates… ad infinitum. In fact, if the stupid Gov’t would just get rid of those pesky identification numbers there would be a lot more room for the Gov’t to sponsor all the “correct” messages that any driver wants to display. And why stop there? We could build monuments to Islam in places like rural Pennsylvania becuase of course in this country we have freedom to practice our religion…but at the tax payer’s expense? Personally I’d rather see tax dollars spent on the bare minimum. Car bumpers are plenty long enough to say whatever it is an individual is compelled to say - without demanding taxpayers condone and pay for something/anything someone with enough money for lawyers insists on making happen. Getting on board this train is just another recipe for long court battles costing taxpayers lots and lots of money. Nobody will “win” except the lawyers.
“Gov. Mark Sanford allowed the license plate bill to become law without his signature, noting the state already has a process to allow special plates for any cause as long as enough people come together and put up the money needed to buy them.”
It sounds like anyone can do this, so I don’t see the problem. It’s not like these plates are mandatory or anything ... just an option.
I personally don’t like to put fish or other Christian messages on my car. I try to drive carefully and respectfully, but if I inadvertently tick somebody off while driving, I don’t want my faith or politics associated with that.
I’d answer that but Wally and the Bever are need my help in the garage and June needs me to take out the garbage.
That is how we ended up with these plates for Secular Humanists also:
I’m laughing because anyone who needs transportation after the rapture need look no farther than one of these...
God willing...
K.
Are there any South Carolinian Christians who can explain why you might want a license plate like this on your car?
I imagine that the vast majority of South Carolinians are Christian, so I don't think the license plate would be very useful for group identity. That would be kind of like sticking a big elephant sticker on your car if you lived in a county that was 98% Republican.
And I wouldn't expect any non-Christians to be drawn to the faith on the basis of a license plate, so that seems to rule out evangelism.
What other reason might a person have for declaring their religious beliefs on their vehicle's license plate?
I didn't say it was a problem.
Personally, it doesn't bother me to see someone proclaim their faith on their vehicle's license plate. It just seems like a strange way to do it, IMO, especially when everyone around you already presumes that you are a Christian.
Can’t be certain but some Christians there might be thinking of these:
Mark 8:38
Revelation 14:10
Matthew 10:33
Perhaps, but those passages don't seem relevant to the issue. Those passages are about denying your faith, not promoting it or displaying it to others.
Or do Christians believe that failure to display your faith is equivalent to denying it?
“Why not let license plates be license plates ...”
The states started down this path because selling special-interest plates is easy money. What we are now possibly faced with is the appearance (if not the reality) of state sanctioning of all sorts of special-interest advocacy.
If the little shyster was sincere about freedom of religious expression and government, rather than just searching for a “fee”, he would buy a plate with a Star of David or whatever symbol he wants, as did the Christians.
Poor ickle shyster wants someone to buy his $4,000 tag series for him/his co-conspirators.
Typical. Too typical.
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