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Wooo Pastafarianism!...marksiwel wrote:Supreme Court Rulings, also see the words of Thomas Jefferson.
That should explain separation of church and state for you.
Honestly, if I wanted to put the Holy Image of the flying Spaghetti monster on my CHL would you have a problem witht hat?
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You would eat the lord!dicion wrote:Wooo Pastafarianism!...marksiwel wrote:Supreme Court Rulings, also see the words of Thomas Jefferson.
That should explain separation of church and state for you.
Honestly, if I wanted to put the Holy Image of the flying Spaghetti monster on my CHL would you have a problem witht hat?
for more info look here
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Now I'm hungry for italian :/
), environmental groups, wildlife preservation, and our favorite...TSRA. So what the supreme court has said is that, as individuals, we have the right to express ourselves as we see fit, but when it comes to extending that expression to vanity license plates that simply say "I Believe" (implied as In The Lord), THOSE are not allowed on a military base.No, there isn't. However, the unwritten doctrine is embedded in the common law.There is no such law regarding "separation of church and state"
Maybe they can get that judge to overturn the laws restricting alcohol sales on Sundays.casingpoint wrote:The above Christian oriented license plate has been banned by a federal court as unconstitutional.
Excellent point.Dudley wrote:Maybe they can get that judge to overturn the laws restricting alcohol sales on Sundays.casingpoint wrote:The above Christian oriented license plate has been banned by a federal court as unconstitutional.
Are you a white male? ...nobody cares what you thinkRocTrac wrote:It's a Vanity plate, I feel discriminated against for not being able to express my religious beliefs. Now what you gonna say? It is freedom of religion. Not freedom from religion.
Dudley wrote:Maybe they can get that judge to overturn the laws restricting alcohol sales on Sundays.casingpoint wrote:The above Christian oriented license plate has been banned by a federal court as unconstitutional.
Agreed. Having said that I think personalized plates are asinine to begin with.Purplehood wrote:I agree with the court. There is nothing to stop you from putting a big sticker of a cross on your car. No need to do it on a state license plate which might imply to some that a particular religion is state-supported.
Keep the government on your license plate and the religion on your bumper-sticker.
Purplehood wrote:
I believe that anything associated with the government that serves ALL the people of this country should not display any religious icons. Government does not need religion, and religion does not need Government.
) is right yet again. Yikes! Trooper. All I can think of when I hear that term is the old show, "F Troop".frazzled wrote:Purplehood wrote:
I believe that anything associated with the government that serves ALL the people of this country should not display any religious icons. Government does not need religion, and religion does not need Government.
Oh my, our favorite trooper(zing
The Texas plates you mentioned are "Specialty License Plates" for which you pay an extra fee. The South Carolina plates were no-additional-fee plates, implying at the very least a state sponsorship of that viewpoint. That's how we can have the Baylor, SMU & TCU plates here without running afoul of the First Amendment.pdubyoo wrote:I can see your point, but how would that effect "college" vanity plates like Baylor (Baptist) or SMU (Methodist) or TCU, etc etc? A person with said vanity school plate might just really like their sports team, and may not even be an alumn or affiliated with the denomination that the school represents. Are we going to say that, since those plates are affiliated with Christian churches, that they are banned as well? I'm just curious, at what point does the "discrimination pendulum" swing the other way? Oh boy, I can hear the flame torches lighting already...Purplehood wrote:I agree with the court. There is nothing to stop you from putting a big sticker of a cross on your car. No need to do it on a state license plate which might imply to some that a particular religion is state-supported.
Keep the government on your license plate and the religion on your bumper-sticker.
