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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:43 am
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So Indiana offers two free license plates - the standard blue and one with "In God We Trust" emblazoned on it. It also offers a variety of other plates, Environment, Colleges, Kids First, etc... for a 29$ specialty plate fee and 30$ donation to whatever cause the plate supports. Now, I don't mind that there's a religious plate. Fine, whatever. But why do I have to pay 29$ specialty plate fee for my environment plate when theirs is free?
AND it gets worse. My Sister-In-Law recently went to get a plate for her new car and she was denied a regular plate because they were out. She HAD to get a God plate or come back in three weeks, wait in line and see if they had more. So she said she'd wait but asked if they could write her a note explaining why she was driving on an expired plate in case she got stopped. They said they wouldn't because she could by a plate right then if she wanted. Even when she pointed out that the plate didn't reflect her beliefs and that she felt it was belligerent to atheist and agnostic Hoosiers the manager of the BMV stated... get this.... that the feelings of people who don't hold god in their heart don't matter. Oh how I wish she had a tape recorder or something. This has me so angry!
I know "In God We Trust" is on US money, and that's how they were able to make the license plates. But the intention of the plates is obviously to show that the driver is a theist. Which is fine, whatever. You want to show the world you love Jesus. But why should my tax dollars go to producing a plate for you to proclaim this? Why not charge a specialty plate fee?
So, what do you all think about this? Are similar things happening in other states?
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 3:30 pm
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I'm co-admin of a Facebook group about this, though activity has been dead lately.
I have no problem with these plates being available for a fee, so long as atheist/agnostic/freethinking/intellectual plates are also available for a fee. I understand that "in God we trust" is the national motto, but that was slipped in as the official motto in the 1950s, around the time "under God" was added into the pledge of allegiance (they wanted to show that the US was different from commie countries so they threw as many religious references into official policy as possible, which is most likely why so many people falsely think this is a Christian nation, having grown up in that sort of post-war anti-commie environment). Personally I think "E Pluribus Unum" is a much more fitting motto for the US and espouses the ideals of the Founding Fathers, whereas "in God we trust" comes flatly against them.
As for this manager's reaction, if I were your sister-in-law, I would most assuredly locate contact information for his boss and file a formal complaint. If that did not work, I would keep working my way up as far as was reasonable. That sort of retort is unacceptable and unprofessional.
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:27 pm
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:02 pm
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Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:43 am
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Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:21 am
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Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:40 pm
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Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:38 am
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:13 am
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:09 am
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 3:38 pm
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Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 6:36 pm
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Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:39 am
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Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:29 pm
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Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 8:29 am
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