"In God we trust" plates upheld |
"In God we trust" plates upheld |
Nov 19 2008, 10:42 AM
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http://www.theindychannel.com/news/17999573/detail.html#-
QUOTE INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana Court of Appeals issued a ruling Monday that affirmed Indiana's "In God We Trust" plates are constitutional. The appeals court upheld an earlier trial court judgment against the ACLU of Indiana, which claimed that motorists who ask for God plates get special treatment because they don't have to pay a $15 administrative fee charged for specialty plates. In its decision, the appeals court affirmed that Indiana offers two alternatives to standard license plates and that the fee structure for those plates is "uniformly applicable to all similarly situated license plates." Indiana also offers specialty license plates for organizations, which requires the $15 administrative fee, under state statute. The court ruled that the "In God We Trust" plate, along with another, "Lincoln's Boyhood Home," are simply alternatives to the standard plate and that the fact that motorists who choose them aren't subject to the additional fee is not arbitrary. "The display of our material motto, 'In God We Trust,' on state license plates has found deep support among our fellow citizens," said Attorney General Steve Carter in a statement released Monday. “So often when there is a reference to a supreme being in the public arena, objections are made. With the court’s ruling, those objections have failed and the Legislature's will has been sustained." The plates were first made available in January 2007. Previous Stories: |
Nov 19 2008, 12:35 PM
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Spends WAY too much time at CBTL Group: Members Posts: 3,237 Joined: 8-December 06 From: MC Member No.: 3 |
The ACLU would have won if the money collected for the plates or any part of the money from the plates actually went to a church like the plates for other organizations.
This claim of damage to the constitution was too thin. The difference between genius and stupidity is that there are limits to genius. Albert Einstein
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Nov 19 2008, 02:35 PM
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Really Comfortable Group: Moderator Posts: 1,658 Joined: 26-July 07 From: Michigan City Member No.: 482 |
I'd bet money that the ACLU is going to appeal. Don't think this is going to have a final determination at the first appellate level. I'd be pretty surprised if this didn't end up getting appealed to the SCOTUS, though I have to say I'd be surprised, given the current makeup of that court, that the ACLU is going to prevail there either.
Personally, I've been considering getting a personalized license plate. One of these: personalized like this: |
Nov 19 2008, 02:42 PM
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"Cattle Hell Who"??????
The difference between genius and stupidity is that there are limits to genius. Albert Einstein
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Nov 19 2008, 06:54 PM
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Nov 19 2008, 07:07 PM
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Spends WAY too much time at CBTL Group: Members Posts: 3,237 Joined: 8-December 06 From: MC Member No.: 3 |
I got it! It is Cathy Loo Who, Cindy Loo Who's cousin.
The difference between genius and stupidity is that there are limits to genius. Albert Einstein
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Nov 20 2008, 12:46 AM
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Nov 20 2008, 05:26 AM
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Getting Comfortable Group: Members Posts: 35 Joined: 2-November 08 Member No.: 832 |
OH! Okay. Wait.... Still don't get it.... |
Nov 20 2008, 08:56 AM
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Spends WAY too much time at CBTL Group: Members Posts: 3,237 Joined: 8-December 06 From: MC Member No.: 3 |
Geez, haven't any of you read Seuss?
The difference between genius and stupidity is that there are limits to genius. Albert Einstein
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Nov 20 2008, 02:14 PM
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Really Comfortable Group: Moderator Posts: 1,658 Joined: 26-July 07 From: Michigan City Member No.: 482 |
OH! Okay. Wait.... Still don't get it.... [pedantic mode] Cthulhu is one of the Elder Gods in the Lovecraft Mythos. Cthulhu currently (according to the Mythos) is in a deathlike slumber in the sunken city of R'lyeh, waiting for the day when he will awaken and once again feast upon the souls of men. [/pedantic mode] Given the above, a "Kids First" license plate with the name Cthulhu has a certain twisted amusement value. But YMMV. |
Nov 20 2008, 03:16 PM
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Spends WAY too much time at CBTL Group: Members Posts: 3,237 Joined: 8-December 06 From: MC Member No.: 3 |
It looks like H.P. would have loved the recent candidate, Nfr.
The difference between genius and stupidity is that there are limits to genius. Albert Einstein
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Nov 22 2008, 09:13 PM
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