'In God We Trust' License Plate

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INDIANAPOLIS -- An Indiana House of Representatives committee on Thursday approved a bill that would give residents the option of having a license plate with the words "In God We Trust."

Under the bill, sponsored by state Rep. Woody Burton, R-Greenwood, people seeking a new license plate could select one with or without the slogan.

Unlike the state's 56 specialty plates, an "In God We Trust" plate would provide no money for any particular group, RTV6's Derrik Thomas reported.

"What I'm trying to do is just make it available to those who want to buy it when they want to buy it," Burton said Thursday. "Also ... they don't have to have it if they don't want to. It's nondenominational. It's not going to have any symbols of any specific religion."

The House committee approved the bill with a 7-1 vote. The bill will go to the full House for approval.

If it passed the House, the Senate would need to vote on it. Burton said he has been promised a Senate hearing on the bill.

The Jewish Community Relations Council is against the proposal.

"It seems that government is continually looking for ways to insert itself religiously. There is sort of a pervasive religiosity," the council's Lindsey Mintz said. "This is one more attempt to insert religion into government, and we have serious concerns about that."

all i can say is, that I can imagine if you are driving in a town that is high religious and you don't have one of the plates that say it, you could get pulled over... :shifty:

or if your in a town with the oppoiste....and have it, you could get pulled over... :shiftyninja:

who knows...anyway thoughts

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*shrug* Whatever. If people want it, let them have it. I don't exactly see this as some form of vast Christian conspiracy, just people wanting to customize their cars to their liking.

Same here. I wouldn't buy it but hey if someone else wants to I'm all for it.

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its not a vanity plate, it is a standard plate that cames for free unless you don't want it.

it is basically back to the age old separation of church and state, claiming that offering it for free means that it is sponsored by government, which means that the government believes in god :rolleyes:

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It doesn't seem like a good idea to me, but only because I can see vandals in a parkinglot or something and seeing the in god we trust plate on one car and another car without it choosing the in god we trust car to mess up.

Please, chances are someone with this plate would already have a fish or some other "I wear my religion on my car" emblem.

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Please, chances are someone with this plate would already have a fish or some other "I wear my religion on my car" emblem.

Indeed. Personally I'd go after the cars with the bumper sticker: "My Child is an Honor Student at Why-Would-You-Think-Anyone-Cares Elementary/Middle/High School"

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