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Originally Posted by BusterBunny
see my first post...there is plenty of room on the cars themselves to place stickers and shit hell you can even make a giant jesus float out of the car like the pest control dudes that turn their vans into rats...you own it, it's your property and you have plenty of space to express your views and opinions all you want...but the plate belongs to the state and is just being rented thus should be kept devoid of religion...i don't mind the personalized plates that say something as long as they are the regular letters and #'s available to everyone  |
This is all good, and i don't have any problems with the first part. But, in the second part, i disagree with the statement "should be devoid of religion" - since this is not what the First Amendment says.
:First Amendment:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
To state that ONLY NON-RELIGIOUS custom plates can be available would ABRIDGE the rights afforded citizens under this amendment. There is NOTHING in the First Amendment that states "Sepperation of Church & State" - that theory comes only from the writings of Thomas Jefferson - its certainly not in the constitution.
To deny access to specified types of plates would be discriminatory. Therefore, all forms of plates should be available - or none.