Comments on: License Plate Lawsuit Brings Out the Ignorance

By: OllieGarkey

OllieGarkey — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:36:53 +0000

I am SO glad to see Christians as well as people of other faiths opposing the union of Church and State. Makes me happy to see freedom defended by people with “Rev” in front of their names.

By: I like tea

I like tea — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:24:42 +0000

I believe that North Carolina [sic] can put whatever they damn well want on their license plates

I’ll bet ten bucks he wouldn’t be believing that if we were talking about Muslim license plates.

By: Darryl

Darryl — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:43:02 +0000

I think the worst problem with this is that it could lead to preferential treatment by the SCHP. Has this been addressed anywhere?

Imagine all the ways you could discriminate with these plates: discounts at the car wash if you have a Christian plate, free roadside assistance if you have it, discounts at the drive through window, etc. Perhaps the state will start issuing optional driver’s licenses that have crosses on them so that your identification will be another way to get preferential treatment.

This all sounds petty, but this is how prejudice and stupidity survive, by blending into the culture, the fabric of life, in the little things.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:53:20 +0000

I think the worst problem with this is that it could lead to preferential treatment by the SCHP. Has this been addressed anywhere?

By: Darryl

Darryl — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 06:20:39 +0000

Richard, I know enough to know that in my neighborhood you don’t put nothin’ on your car. Holy Crap! If I put anything like “Bush Lied,” or “Impeach Bush,” or even “Stop the War,” I’d be vandalized for sure. If I was a bad ass and mean mo’ fo’ like a lot of the guys that drive huge trucks (4×4), work with their hands, and just love to woop-up on pale, scholarly liberals, I’d put something provocative on my car and conceal myself until some poor idiot decided to mess with my car, then I’d jump up and beat his ass, all the while repeating “It’s not nice to mistreat strangers like that!”

By: Richard Wade

Richard Wade — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 06:11:03 +0000

I’ll never understand why people want to identify themselves or what they’re about with either vanity plates or specialized plates and then leave their cars unattended in a public parking lot. It’s cheaper to just put a sign in the window: “I disagree with you. Please vandalize my car.”

By: Darryl

Darryl — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:34:53 +0000

I saw Barry Lynn on Fox news today being “interviewed” about this subject by Laura Ingraham. I don’t know why he even goes on Fox. Ms. Ingraham did everything but call him a liar to his face, and judging from his expression, he was not happy. I have to give it to her, she has mastered the art of ridicule and scorn.

By: Skylar

Skylar — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:00:40 +0000

Awwww…not all of South Carolina is that bad. Just most of it.

However, in SC, they do have a Secular Humanists of the Low Country license plate. My ex used to have it. It’s simple, and most people don’t realize what it is (too bad). Just an American flag and “In Reason We Trust” in small type at the top.

So the atheists got there first.

By: Derek

Derek — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:32:53 +0000

What would an athiest’s licence plate look like?

It would say, “way athier than you’ll ever be”.

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:29:01 +0000

Here’s the thing…

Lots of people have vanity licence plates. You know, the kind that have cute little messages and stuff on them. Here in Minnesota, August Berkshire has one that reads ATHEIST.

August had to pay extra for the vanity plate. I don’t know how much extra he paid, but the additional fee probably went to something like highway maintenence.

If the state wants to make expressly Chrisitan plates available, maybe they could design one for Jewish, Muslim, Jain, Hindu, atheist, and all manners of faith inbetween. And simply charge extra for them.

What would an athiest’s licence plate look like?