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Florida's Got Faith

By Justin Paulette
Apr 24th 2008 9:05AM

Filed Under:eReligion

"What Would Jesus Drive?" Florida may be providing a partial answer: He'd drive a car with their proposed new license plate:

Florida license plate


Florida is also considering a plate with the inscription, "In God We Trust." Profits from specialty (vanity) plates - of which Florida has a selection of about 100 - go to various charities and worthy courses.


Of course, such freedom of expression has anti-civil-liberties groups, such as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), screaming mad. In their tireless quest to oppress the equal-rights of Christian Americans, the ACLU has threatened to sue Florida - hoping that the fear of a lengthy, expensive litigation will bully the state into abandoning the rights of religious citizens.


The ACLU has traditionally lost court battles predicated upon the argument that states establish a civil religion by allowing private persons to spend extra money to buy specialty plates with their preferred religious motto. The ACLU has unsuccessfully challenged plates engraved with, "In God We Trust." The ACLU has also attempted to prohibit "Choose Life" plate - because people with different opinions than those held by the ACLU should not have the full exercise of their civil liberties.


In the present case, the ACLU lamented that approval of the plate might prompt other groups to seek their own designs. Heavens forbid that a civil liberties group would support a diversity of expression in America.

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