Category: "Only in America"
In the Indy
Star
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"The “In God We Trust” license plates that have quickly become a fixture on Indiana roads came under a legal attack today claiming the law authorizing them is unconstitutional for favoring that message over those on other plates.
The lawsuit (by the ACLU) filed in Marion Superior Court claims the state Bureau of Motor Vehicles gives preferential treatment to motorists wanting the plates, which also feature the American flag, because they don’t have to pay the $15 administrative fee that the agency collects on sales of most other Indiana specialty plates."
There is, of course, no plate for skeptics either at the full price or the subsidised price. Nor is there an "end the war" plate for much the same reasons. But you can buy Notre Dame, Purdue, and IU plates which says a lot about American interests and priorities. I wonder how they would charge for a plate like "Whom would Jesus bomb?" or "Whom would Jesus torture?" I'd pay a premium for the privilege.
"The “In God We Trust” license plates that have quickly become a fixture on Indiana roads came under a legal attack today claiming the law authorizing them is unconstitutional for favoring that message over those on other plates.
The lawsuit (by the ACLU) filed in Marion Superior Court claims the state Bureau of Motor Vehicles gives preferential treatment to motorists wanting the plates, which also feature the American flag, because they don’t have to pay the $15 administrative fee that the agency collects on sales of most other Indiana specialty plates."
There is, of course, no plate for skeptics either at the full price or the subsidised price. Nor is there an "end the war" plate for much the same reasons. But you can buy Notre Dame, Purdue, and IU plates which says a lot about American interests and priorities. I wonder how they would charge for a plate like "Whom would Jesus bomb?" or "Whom would Jesus torture?" I'd pay a premium for the privilege.
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Posted: Mon - April 23, 2007 at 10:08 PM
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I was born and raised in Sydney, Australia and now work for a non-profit educational foundation in the US. Before moving to the US with my family I taught modern European history at the University of Adelaide, South Australia. I have studied at universities in Australia, Germany, the US, and Britain and consider myself a citizen of the world and a supporter of no particular nation state. [More]
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