As we discussed in podcast #19, the government of South Carolina decided it was a good idea to print special license plates featuring a Christian cross and the words “I Believe”. Various and sundry groups sued, and now…
SC ordered to stop making religious license plates
COLUMBIA, S.C. – A federal judge says South Carolina must stop marketing and making license plates that feature the image of a cross and the words “I Believe.”
A federal judge issued a temporary injunction during a court hearing Thursday after opponents said the plates violate the separation of church and state.
U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie said the case needs to be heard in court. In the meantime, the judge said the Department of Motor Vehicles cannot take any more orders for the plates.
Department spokeswoman Beth Parks said the agency stopped taking orders more than a month ago, after it collected the 400 needed to cover the cost of making the plates. She said they are in production, and none has shipped.
[Shouldn't that be "have shipped"? Anyhoo...] So really this is just a court order to stop making/ shipping/ taking orders for these plates. As with many things, it’ll have to be settled in federal court (perhaps even by the Supreme Court); and, as with many things, when the courts make a proper ruling the fundies will cry “judicial activism”…
“Evlution”
would work great with the “I Believe” under it.
Will these T00Ls ever stop… of course not.
Other plates that would work great with “I Believe”
“Denounce”
“FLS IDOl”
“Fables”