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  • 'JOHN316' License Plate Deep-Sixed by State Agency

    01/28/2005 6:47:11 AM PST · by little jeremiah · 50 replies · 1,277+ views
    agapepress ^ | January 27, 2005 | Allie Martin
    AgapePress) - A Vermont man has sued that state's Department of Motor Vehicles after his application to have a personalized license plate with a Christian message was rejected. Last April, Shawn Byrne submitted an application for a personalized plate inscribed with "JOHN316." In May, he received a letter from the DMV informing him that the inscription was "deemed to be a combination that refers to deity and has been denied based on that reason." On appeal, an administrative law judge upheld the DMV's position because the statute governing the license plate program prohibits combinations that refer to "deity," among other...
  • Chicago Tribune Editor going Libertarian? (my title)

    05/30/2002 6:13:03 AM PDT · by spintreebob · 2 replies · 142+ views
    Chicago Tribune ^ | 5/30/2002 | Don Wycliff
    (Reader's comment to Don Wycliff, Chicago Tribune Editor) Like Don Wycliff, I like art. But I think he owes his readers a little bit of an explanation. After admitting (May 2) the important insights that are some of art's benefits, he needs to justify how he can in good conscience still be an opponent of government funding for the National Endowment of the Arts.Eileen G. SoderstromChicago (Don Wycliff replies) Fair question and I'm glad you asked it. It all goes back to the principle that underlies the 1st Amendment, with its guarantees of freedom of religion, speech and press. The...