It appears South Carolina is ready to greenlight a plan allowing for "Christian" license plates. These plates would feature a cross and the words "I believe." This of course is a blatant violation of the separation of church and state. But, they don't care. In fact, S.C.'s Lt. Gov. was quoted as saying, "I think it allows people of faith to profess that they have a higher calling, they believe in God."
Apparently, only Christians (of which I am one, by the way) have a higher calling and believe in a God. Other faiths in the state are more than welcome to their own faith-based license plates, only they have to pay $4000 for one. Other faiths will also be subject to significant limits and regulations not imposed on Christians. Talk about a drawing a big fat line between first and second-class citizens.
The fanatical Christian antics in the Palmetto State don't end there. A colleague alerted me to a group called Christian Exodus. This is an organization bent on moving thousands of Christians to South Carolina to reestablish constitutional and limited government. Now, that sounds all well and fine. I'm all for the constitution. Look a little under the lacy surface, however, and you begin to see the hypocrisy.
http://christianexodus.org
In its list of rights that have been "violated," Christian Exodus mentions such things as being exposed to homosexuality, pornography, sodomy, and other "perversities. [sic]" Of course, none of the aforementioned is illegal (yet, at least) and all are rights under the 4th Amendment (right to privacy). Strange how a group so fixated on Constitutional rights is so quick to dismiss a whole host of them out of hand.
Other violations they mention are the teaching of evolution, and not being able to pray in school (again, division of Church and State, people).
I find it very hard to believe that a group so hung up on homosexuality, porn, Darwinian teachings, and school prayer didn't vote for Bush, Cheney and basically most of the leading Neo-Cons in Congress. And while both Repubs and Dems are bought and paid for, there's no question it's these same Neo-Cons who are leading the charge in destroying each and every facet of the Constitution this exodus group wants to protect.
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Wow. Such license plates will make it easier for the Police State to profile. Can you imagine a license plate with "Praise Allah" written on it? Or, how about "Follow me to Mecca!"?
As if the six (6) "traffic" cameras that I pass (and flip the bird to) on my 15-mile commute to work every day weren't enough to assist in "defending our homeland." lmao.
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