Man told he must get rid of "ATHEIST" license plate

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[stainlessbanner]

Something like "1I0O0I01"

Hmmmm...propeller heads like this b/c it looks like binary code!

[RangeRatt]

the Florida, Wisconsin, & New York State "banned license plate" lists can be found in the achives of thesmokinggun.com- if you wanted to see them. Some are hilarious!

[timm22]

Normally that is exactly what I would say, too. This time I am not because it would be infringing on free speech with no claim to back it up.

Only the government can violate your free speech rights, by locking you up for saying the wrong thing. A private business can not. No one has a right to cheap or "fair" insurance rates. In this case, property rights wins over speech.

[southern rock]

This is what happens when people allow the state to restrict and licence the RIGHT to drive.

[mustapha mond]

I think he should be allowed to keep the plate but because he does not believe in God he has no basis to defend that right. --MM

[Standing Wolf]

So much for freedom of speech!

[mustapha mond]

Driving is not a right but a privilege granted by the state. Speech and expression are God given rights. --MM

[southern rock]

Driving is not a right but a privilege granted by the state.

Why? Because the state says so?

Driving is a RIGHT, NOT a privilage, despite what your friendly local DMV says.

[RangeRatt]

if driving is a right, as you state, why, then can the state (every one, as far as I am aware) take away your right to drive for reckless driving, DUI/OUI, non-payment of child support, lack of insurance, or any one of a dozen more reasons that don't come to mind immediately?

[southern rock]

if driving is a right, as you state, why, then can the state (every one, as far as I am aware) take away your right to drive for reckless driving, DUI/OUI, non-payment of child support, lack of insurance, or any one of a dozen more reasons that don't come to mind immediately?

Because we don't live in a free country.

[RangeRatt]

okay...

[baxter999]

You've got a good point.

Should government get involved at all in this kind of stuff? But then aren't we a christian government? Where should the line be drawn?

I still struggle with these issues as a believing christian but not wanting to compel belief.

[baxter999]

An eloquent and reasoned reply. Thanks.

[diefree]

My late husband said he was an atheist. He was the most Christian-like person I ever knew. He would debate me on religion but never taunted me. He didn't object when I had our daughter baptized either. And when he died, I buried him with a Catholic Mass and in a Catholic cemetary.

[Torie]

Ya there are some. Everyone that knew my dad loved him. He had 400 people at his funeral (well celebratory conclave). He was one of those charismatic chaps, that had the gift. And those gifts took him a long way from the slums of Brooklyn. Amazingly, he didn't have a New York accent. Very odd.

[Paleo Conservative]

can the following words be put on license plates; God, Baptist, Catholic, Jesus, Christian, Muslim, Wiccan, homosexual, abortionist, homophobe, etc.?

Most of those words would not be allowed because they have more than seven characters.

[diefree]

It never dawned on me that license plates were limited to 7 characters. You can tell I don't have vanity plates. Too vain.

[Pistias]

Are you saying that anyone who does not believe in God should not be granted the same rights as those who do?

Well, it's not consistent to demand rights with no basis for them, but that doesn't mean people shouldn't respect the rights of the self-contradictory.