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All any of this carp does is open your car to get keyed by some kook who believes otherwise. I used to have a Buck sticker in my window until some tree huggers keyed my truck and kicked a dent in it.
Exactly.
I damn sure don't put political stickers on my car, or anything else controversial.
If this were the standard Texas tag which everyone was required to have, I could see the problem, but these are optional.
Exactly right, SNL. This is a great example of much ado about nothing, and some people either out of ignorance or deliberate intent, spreading misinformation. Like you say, this is not about the State of Texas endorsing a religion by putting a Christian Cross on official license tags. Rather, it is a "specialty" or "vanity" tag that any group can apply for to feature their own design and/or symbol. And that includes atheist organizations. They have to pay an extra fee for it, and no one is required to buy one.
This same type so-called "controversy" came up several months ago when the Texas Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans applied for a speciality tag featuring their logo. The liberal newsmedia was full of slanted stories -- with the usual perpetually offended bunch egging it on -- about how the state was putting Confederate Flags on Texas license plates. And of course, the ill-informed swallowed this half-truth hook, line, and sinker.
But just like the thing with the Cross now, it was deliberately distorted and based on nothing more than a superficiality. There was never any plan to put the Confederate Flag per se and alone on official state license plates. Hell, even I could understand and see the concerns and objections if that had been the case! No, it amounted to the SCV group applying for a vanity tag, and their (our) logo simply incorporates a Battle Flag into the larger design. Nothing more...and people were free to buy it or not if it had been approved.
It seems Texas has blown off a key provision of the Bill of Rights, and endorsed an official state religion, by putting three crosses, representing Calvery Hill, on vehicle license plates!
So, in Texas, the government can engage in religious discrimnation, so long as it discriminates FOR Christianity???
Or, does Texas plan to release plates with symbols of the many other faiths its citizens belong to?
IMO, you have twisted version of the Bill of rights.
I'd do it too. Those christians spend big bucks to bling themselves out. I mean, you aren't really christian if people can't tell just by looking at you.
Someone should put an end to ALL these stupid "specialty plates" in all states. Many of them look so ridiculous that you can barely read them. Or else look like a jr. high art project. Have an opinion? Buy a BUMPER STICKER!
And a friend of mine in Texas was right. Perry is like GW Bush, only much dumber! Must be quite an echo between his ears
What is the big deal anyway? Is it going to cause any of you non Christians to flip your lid if you lay your eyes on a Texas tag with a Christian symbol on it? If it does then you need to get a life.
Indiana has their "One Nation Under God" plates which seem to **** off a fair number of people there but that plate isn't nearly as blantant as this plate is.
The plates in Indiana have "In God we trust" and that is the majority of plates you see on the road in Indiana.
So who is it suppose to be ticking off
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