Private Group's Request Might Open Door to ‘I Believe' License Plates

November 27, 2009

Author: The (Columbia) State

Source: The Columbia State

http://www.heraldonline.com/120/story/1771812.html

South Carolinians might get a chance to buy a Christian “I Believe” license tag after all.

The plaintiffs who won the lawsuit this month that killed the General Assembly-sanctioned “I Believe” license tag are saying they won't protest a private group's request that the state make the same tag for them.

Oran Smith, president and CEO of the Columbia-based Palmetto Family Council, has filed a request with the S.C. Department of Motor Vehicles to have the department issue a tag with the words “I Believe” on it and images of a stained-glass window and Christian cross. That's the same idea behind the tag U.S. Judge Cameron Currie ruled was unconstitutional Nov. 10.