‘In God We Trust’ Will Be Allowed on New Georgia License Plates — for $1
- Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:03pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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Georgia drivers will be able to proclaim “In God We Trust” on their new state license plates — for the price of a dollar.
One of three semifinalist license plate designs shown on the Department of Revenue's website with the U.S. motto "In God We Trust."
The new license plate design, which was set to be revealed Friday by Gov. Nathan Deal, will feature a space where motorists can add an optional sticker that says “In God We Trust” in place of where a county’s name would otherwise go.
However, the governor is delaying his announcement of the new design amid some controversy and confusion over the four-word U.S. motto.
The trouble began last month following a contest for best new license plate design. When the Department of Revenue released images of the eight semifinalists for an online vote, three were shown printed with the words “In God We Trust.”
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, atheist groups and others balked at the inclusion of the phrase, calling it a flagrant violation of church and state, and urged people to vote against the designs. Other groups in favor of the phrase, including a church and a website dedicated to preparing for the collapse of American society, urged voters to select one of the three.
The department clarified that the three designs in question were merely shown with an optional “In God We Trust” sticker, available for purchase. If selected, the phrase would not come preprinted.
Nevertheless, the top three designs picked out of more than 400,000 votes cast were all the ones that were shown with “In God We Trust.” As a result, the governor’s office announced Friday that online voting would reopen Monday because of the confusion.
Additionally, in response to the plate controversy, the American Humanist Association called Thursday for an alternative to the optional sticker — “E Pluribus Unum,“ or ”Out Of Many, One” — the original U.S. motto.
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Comments (133)
Lloyd Drako
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:55pmI have a vanity plate that says JOUMASE. Slipped it right past ‘em.
Midwest Blonde
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 4:07pmI guess I must be stupid – what’s JOUMASE mean?
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 4:19pmYeah, I don’t know what JOUMASE means either. My vanity plate reads PAX DEI. it’s latin.
Report Post »red riding hood
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 4:31pmLloyd Drako, I should wash you brain out with soap you ingrate.
Report Post »SouthSideLib
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 4:44pmI still don’t get what it means.
Report Post »Champ
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 4:45pmOk, I looked this up. Its the beginning of a derogatory phrase in South Africa. The part you have on your plate appears to say “your mama …” The last word, which you left off, is the swear word. So I wouldn’t say you slipped anything by anybody.
Besides that, would the DMV flag a swear word in another language anyway? I doubt it.
Report Post »Pujols
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 5:35pmI hope the State doesn‘t use the money to teach ’Gay History’ to the children.
Report Post »S G Applebee
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 10:14pmWill “In Gods We Trust” or “In Allah We Trust” be allowed as well?
Report Post »ilovethiscountry
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:55pmI wish they would do that in Wisconsin.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 2:18pmThey would probably ban them in Madison. You know liberals hate God and anything Patriotic.
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 2:49pmthey should charge a dollar for printing costs. Why should taxpayers have to pay for a vanity item? Hypocrites.
Report Post »fatjack
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 2:56pmAs a resident of Georgia I will buy two for my cars.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 3:17pm@Bible Quotin‘ Science Fearin’ Conservative American
Report Post »That’s what the dollar cost is. A piece of sticky paper with a little ink on it shouldn’t cost more than 50 cents. GA is actually making 50% profit.
TNT1
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 3:32pmWhat if it said “FOR ALLAH WE DIE”.That’s the only downside I see to this.
Report Post »SouthSideLib
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 3:52pmTNT- Would you agree then that if there was a group of Muslims who went through the proper channels to have that on license plates, that it would ok. (I assume in GA it works the same as AL where a group gathers signatures and if there are enough the state will print the plate).
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 4:17pmIf someone wants to put “For Allah we die” on their liscence plate I won’t object. But I would wonder how safe they would be driving something that looked like it was asking for martyrdom.
Report Post »TNT1
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:34amAt the liberal.no I wouldn’t have a problem with it.While I do trust in God I wouldn’t have one.It’s nobodies business what I believe or what anybody else believes.That‘s the problem DIVISION so much so it’s one way or the other
Report Post »Devil Dog 7175
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 4:18pmTNT… See no problem with that… now they are IDed.
Report Post »annie1965
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:45pmWould love to have that available to us here in California.
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 2:06pmThe best license plate in CA so far is the Memorial one .
Report Post »HKS
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 4:56pmMaybe you could split, that northern liberal end will fall in the ocean eventually anyway.
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 5:38pmHKS
Report Post »Posted on July 15, 2011 at 4:56pm
Maybe you could split, that northern liberal end will fall in the ocean eventually anyway.
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Nah won‘t work they’re everywhere .
cntrlfrk
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:43pmCan I get one that says : Obama Sux
?
Report Post »GRAMPA-D-NH
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 2:01pmBuy em quick Georgians before a buck won’t buy shinola.
Report Post »I_Hate_Libs
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 2:07pmI would pay $100.00 dollars for an “Obama Sux” plate.
The horror of the Democrat mind.
Report Post »Allarius
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:38pmThey already do plates like this in Arkansas. It was a very nice optional addition you could get for you plates. Good for Georgia.
Report Post »red riding hood
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 4:26pmI saw one here in FL and thought it was a plate cover, but sure enough there was another without a cover and it said IN GOD WE TRUST. About time, I would pay big to have that on my car it is an honor to have a REAL GOD to trust in not the name of a DEMON—-ALLAH. I am sick and tired of the atheistic agenda and liberal media and homosexuals taking over our MY God fearing country, GOD WILL have His way, watch out Sodom was nothing like what we have here, we are far worse than them and the government is pushing it. and it is not God Bless America, it should be America BLESS GOD!
Report Post »huey23
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:37pmYes, New Yorkers should be given a choice also…………!!!
IN GOD WE TRUST……..!!!
Anyone not interested; don’t get them……..so simple……..
Report Post »Some folks would rather argue than use common sense…..You’re not being forced to get it !!!
IT’S A CHOICE !!!
mom4times
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:51pmAmen to that
Report Post »Eyes
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 2:34pmBetter get them before the word “choice” no longer exists. I don‘t see why one couldn’t order a vanity plate of choice. Of course, vanity plates could be banned too.
Report Post »NeitherDemNorRep
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 4:42pmYes but that choice does not allow be to say “In God I Don’t Trust“ or ”In Allah I Trust.” For the record, I believe in God and don’t really see an issue with this. The issue I do see is that it’s one-sided. If one can say they trust in God, I should be able to say I do not trust in God.
Vote Libertarian
Report Post »Verus Langham
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 6:48amTherein lies the rub: to a liberal CHOICE means only one and it just has to be theirs; much like TOLERANCE which means we must be tolerant of them but they simply won’t put up with us and our philosophy, religion, understanding of the rule of law, et al.
Report Post »Britt8150
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 8:18pmDitto! How hard can it be and why do we have to vote again. I’m a Georgia fan and Auburn stickers offend me! Haha – but I don’t make Auburn fans remove them. I just won’t put one on my car :)
Report Post »Hydra
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:37pmThankfully it’s optional or I would just switch to the “tag apply 4” sign in poorly written crayon on the back window like so many of our illegals and thugs down here.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 2:52pmAnd I would pay my dollar. Aren’t you glad we have freedom of religion in our country?
Report Post »PeachyinGA
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 3:35pmHydra, you’ve given me an idea. For those Georgians waiting for their new tags, they need to hand print boldly “IN GOD WE TRUST” on their paper tags.
Report Post »ZOMBIE JESUS LOVES ME
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 3:53pmThat would be the best dollar I ever saved.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:37pmThe PEOPLE have spoken….IN GOD WE TRUST!!!
Report Post »This_Individual
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:35pmIt is very important for many Christians to proclaim their devotion (in fact that is an obligation as I understand it). As long as this is a choice I’m happy for them,
Vote Libertarian.
Report Post »Truthbeliever2
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 2:18pmLibertarians are awesome!
If it neither breaks my leg or my back what business is it of mine?
Report Post »Truthbeliever2
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 2:30pmI personally am a believer in God and Jesus Christ the savior.
A Libertarian candidate would find more common ground among the people than Republicans or Democrats. The only problem is that not many people understand, or are completely ignorant of the ideals a Libertarian’s believe in.
Libertarian equals freedom
Report Post »southerngal
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 3:03pmUh, i think muslims and jews, trust in God too.
Report Post »Can they get that on their plate, just like you?
im4truth
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:35pmHas anyone noticed our side is winning?
Maybe at a snail‘s pace we’re taking ground.
But WE ARE, winning.
“God Bless us everyone!” As little Timmy said.
Report Post »concealled9mms
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 2:15pmyea sure your winning yesterday in ca the governor signed a bill stating all schools in ca must teach students about gays and you say were winning . i dont think so . dont you worry as the plates will soon have a legal challenge and the plates will be found to be illegal stuff like that happens in cali often, the will of the people thrown out.
Report Post »Godfather.1
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 3:43pmCONCEALLED9MMS
Clearly you don’t understand how the American legal system works. Prop. 8 was not ruled invalid because the judge decided the people of CA were wrong. It was invalidated because it was ruled to violate the Constitution. You see, the Constitution places limits on which laws can be passed regardless of the will of the people. If it violates the Constitution, the law is invalid, period.
Your argument is akin to saying that if the will of the people was to re-institute slavery slavery that it should be allowed just because it is the will of the people. If the Mississippi voters approved a referendum legalizing slavery, would you then say that the judge who strikes down the law is going against the will of the people? I’m guessing you would not.
That is not how the American legal system works, deal with it.
Report Post »southerngal
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 4:06pmto godfather
Report Post »the ballot proposition was for a constitutional ammendment. The fact that it passed should have ammended the state constitution. Since the Defence of Marriage Act IS decided US law and the Constitution does not prohibit its establishment, Prop 8 was illeaglly hijacked by a liberal homosexual judge, whos bias is astoudingly obvious. Your reply seems as if you understand these things possibly better than I, but this is glaringly a subversion of the will of the people
Godfather.1
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 4:43pmSOUTHERNGAL
A state constitution cannot subvert the US Constitution. Thus, if the amendment to the CA constitution violates the US Constitution, the amendment is invalid. Yes, DOMA, is a federal law but that does not mean that it necessarily Constitutional. The Supreme Court has not ruled on the law so it is not certain that it is Constitutional. In fact, there have been lower courts that have ruled that it is not constitutional.
It is true that the judge who ruled that Prop. 8 unconstitutional is homosexual and a liberal. However, that alone does not make him biased. He would be no more biased than a conservative who is against gay marriage. Also, using that argument is akin to saying that no female could rule on an abortion issue because it affects women and her differently or that a minority judge could not rule on civil rights issues. Everyone has their own personal biases but we trust that judges separate their biases from the their legal decisions and only rely on the rule of law.
Again, it does not matter what the will of the people is if it goes against the Constitution. If a law is unconstitutional, it is unconstitutional, and it does not matter how many people support the law.
Report Post »Rtd301
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:34pmWhy don’t all the athiests just move to Oregon or California and just be done with it! Now, that statement should be in the dictionary under a description of “Nervana”. Bloody hell.
Report Post »NWalters78
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:58pmThe atheists won’t ALL move to Cali or Oregon or any other spot on the Left Coast. Not entirely. Some of them have to infiltrate other parts of the US and sue sue sue til’ they get their way. What a miserable life some of those schmucks live. Living to sue. Living to disprove God. Just a little FYI, a little known atheist named CS Lewis tried to disprove God when he was younger…..needless to say he changed his tune rather abruptly.
However, atheists, like liberals must fan out to force their crap down the majority’s throats. Apparently normal people cannot catch a peace break. Nope, the whiny bitter sniveling little punks have to snipe every chance they get.
Report Post »im4truth
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:33pmAwesome!
Report Post »Wish my state would do that.
olddog
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:31pmIf you live in Ga. you’d better believe in God, because there you’ll need all the help you can get. They’re the folks that sent us Cynthia McKinney, that not bad enough for ya then try Jimmy Carter. Yep nothing but winners there. Believe in God yet????
Report Post »GABOB
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:57pmOld Dog
The old GA was like that, we still have a few loons, but what state does not? I remember the JCarter days…he bankrupted the state before becoming president, dove the countries economy into a ditch. Saw that one coming.
Report Post »cloudsofwar
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:30pmi wonder if i can get that on my PA tag? i like it.
Report Post »the point
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:27pmNorth Carolina will probably be the last state to get this on their plates.
Report Post »Oh My God
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:26pmIt will be a cold day in hell when Oregon goes that route!!
Report Post »Oh My God
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:31pmGoing to see if I can make my own. Probably will get arrested.
Report Post »olddog
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:40pmI was in Oregon once, when I stopped for gas I was told they had to pump it for me. I filled up and drove quickly out of Oregon. If the people there weren‘t smart enough to pump there own gas I sure didn’t want to be around them..
Report Post »4loveUSA
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 12:22pmstay out of Oregon-they have state supplied death panels-bad place to be sick if they feel your not worth the saving-look it up-
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:25pmAww, does that make you mad atheists? Too bad.
Report Post »republapig
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:35pmIf it’s just a sticker, the atheists will go around trying to peel them off. At least they will be busy.
Report Post »ArgumentumAdAbsurdum
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 3:11pmActually, it makes me laugh. You’re being suckered by a stealth tax increase, albeit an optional one, and are happy about it.
Report Post »PeachyinGA
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:23pmWould have been nice if the deal was that the $1 proceeds were given to a religious charity.
Report Post »PeachyinGA
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:22pmAtheists still won’t be happy with this option. They‘ll want a sticker stating that they don’t believe in God. Not happy until they shove their opinion down your throat and demand your approval.
Report Post »Jackson
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:58pmI‘m OK with athiest’s having there own sticker. It helps me know who to avoid in times of joy or need.
Report Post »ArgumentumAdAbsurdum
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 3:09pmhahah Peach, I love the cognitive dissonance. Atheists having a sticker would be shoving their opinions down your throat yet the ‘In God We Trust’ isn’t.
Report Post »PeachyinGA
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 3:29pmARGUMENTUMADABSURDUM ~ I am completely comfortable with my example of atheists pushing their minority opinions on the majority of Americans. America was born through divine providence. No conflicting feelings here.
Report Post »ArgumentumAdAbsurdum
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 3:47pmwell of course there is no conflicting feelings, your own bias towards your opinions would take care of that, but it also precludes you from objective and rational judgement
Report Post »PeachyinGA
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 3:58pmARGUMENTUMADABSURDUM ~ Twice you’ve replied to my comment with the intention to criticize my opinion without actually stating your own opinion on the article. You are either a liberal or an atheist or both since you are more interested a psychological debate on the source of my opinion rather than jumping into the conversation to debate the article. Why the unhappy rhetoric?
Report Post »ArgumentumAdAbsurdum
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 9:23pmpeach, what youve failed to recognize is that i’m not challenging your opinion, which youre entitled to, i’m challenging your thought process which is blinded by your bias. your failure to recognize the reciprocal implications between a faith based sticker and an atheist sticker is whats at issue.
Report Post »PeachyinGA
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 11:43pmABSURDUM ~ As I said before, you only want to debate my opinion which you’ve admitted I am entitled to. Yet you’ve STILL not stated your opinion to the original article. This is my final answer to you. I give up … have at it … you have the final useless word .. I am sure you are game for it …. Go for it DUDE.
Report Post »ArgumentumAdAbsurdum
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:37ampeach,
Report Post »my opinion of the article? quite frankly, i couldn’t care less. that being said, i do understand why some would object to the sticker. it is state sponsorship of a particular religion over others, assuming they dont offer ‘praise be to allah’ ‘buddha is just’ or whatever else, which is unconstitutional. personally it doesn’t bother me. i dont see it as a real threat to my or anyone elses faith or lack thereof. if a bunch of rubes want to pay an extra dollar to renew their plates just to get some silly sticker on them, more power to em. im sure the legislators of georgia will be more than happy to receive the hundreds of thousands, possibly millions, of dollars in extra revenue this is sure to generate.
ArgumentumAdAbsurdum
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 1:41amoh yeah, and i accept your tacit concession and recognition that your position was untenable.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:21pmI have it on my FL plate, and yes, it was free.
Report Post »Danang1972
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:16pmGot mine – living in South Carolina
Report Post »EgoBrain
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:28pmI”m in GA, and I WILL be buying one!
Report Post »wodiej
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:14pmAlready got them in Indiana for free. Every state should get them.
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:11pmTo the liberals who say you can’t put that saying on the license plate. Nobody is forcing you to buy it. But when you try to stop me from getting it you are infringing on my right to free speech and to practice religion freely.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:15pmThere shall be no state religion. not separation of church and state.
Report Post »GABOB
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 2:01pm@Stoic One
And just WHICH religion is that endorsing?
Report Post »ArgumentumAdAbsurdum
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 3:28pm@ JC No theyre not. You do not own your license plates, they are still owned by the state. You can put proclamations of your faith all over anything you want, provided it is your property. Paint it on the hood of your car, slap a huge banner on the front of your house, assuming you dont have HO Assn rules in your neighborhood, tattoo it on your forehead, go on have a ball. Not to mention the fact the seemingly escapes all of you self proclaimed constitutional literalists and experts, the first amendment doesnt provide protection from an individual infringing upon your rights, only congress.
Report Post »Mike Opelka
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:11pmSoooooooooooo, it costs more to have GOD on your plates? Is GA giving preferential treatment to atheists or is this a God Tax?
Report Post »ShyMan
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:15pm@Mike
Report Post »Good one.
Mr. Oshawott
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 3:46pm@Mike Opelka
Good one there. :-) I know it’s only a single dollar, but I don’t see any reason why people would have to pay up just to put a “In God We Trust” bumper sticker on their vehicle. It looks like those atheists are really desperate to make God disappear from the public so that the folks will be forced to excerise their religion: atheism. The Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment doesn’t seem to mean anything to them.
Report Post »leklogic
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:08pmSouth Carolina has it as a FREE plate to choose from. All states should….
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