OK...everything doesn't have to always be SO pc!! So what if SC has license plates with crosses saying I Believe! People need to get a life and worry about stuff that matters and not trivial junk like this! Here is Georgia you can have anything that you want on your plate as long as it isn't already taken. No big deal!

Cindy...Ga.

Cindy – so no one would object if someone had the license plate "Praise Allah" or "Jihad!" ? It seems as if part of the issue is if Georgia is only allowing Christian plates. It opens up many questions as to what kind of religious messages are allowed. How about : "God sucks I believe" or "True Atheist" – I think you would hear an uproar from many in GA if the state govt. allowed those plates.

The government should always be careful issuing those types of plates.. as they are the government.

If someone just has a religious sticker on their car (or many all over their car) that wouldn't be an issue. That's not government sponsored. When the govt. is involved, it becomes an issue.

Cindy, it's not so much that Christians have the option to buy a plate that has a cross and "I beleive". It's that I can't buy a plate that has a pentagram and "do no harm". Or the Flying Spaghetti Monster and "Ahoy, Matey". Or a Buddha and something appropriate.

The state has flat out said that while other faiths can (by putting up the same amount of money as the Lt. Gov. put out for this plate) get a plate with a non-offensive image of their choice. But they will simply NOT be able to get text below.

Christianity is being given preferential treatment. They can get "I believe", but a Muslim can't. Nor can a Hindu, a Sikh, etc. *THAT* is a violation of the separation of church and state.

Is it mandatory to have the cross on your plate, or is it an option? If the former, then it is definitely wrong. If you're not a Christian, why should you have to have that plate on your car? And what's the point? Does the driver want a medal for believing in God?

Typical of a red state – trying to find another way to push Christianity outside the confines of a religious setting.

Greg S., the catch is that the sort of people who want these "I believe" plates are the kind of people who think there is no such thing as "outside the confines of a religious setting". That's why it's so scary.

They think that the First Amendment protects churches (or, at least, their church) from the government, but that it couldn't possibly have been intended to keep religion out of government. (They think "non-Christian" equals evil . . . .)