UU Minister supports Separation of Church and State in SC
source: http://www2.wspa.com/spa/news/national/article/judge_says_no_to_i_believe_license_plates_in_...
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When South Carolina's DMV began producing license plates with a cross and the words "I believe," UU Minister Rev. Dr. Neal Jones (of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Columbia), was one of the leading protesters. The DMV was sued and now cannot use any government funding to produce the plates, they are instead being made through a private group.The Reverend has no objection to new plans to produce the specialty license plate, which would look exactly like the one ruled unconstitutional, because it’s being done by a private group. “And that way, the government is not giving its seal of endorsement to any religion, which is the way it should be. As a minister and as a religious person, I don’t want the government meddling in my religion,“ he says.
Rev. Jones also stated, “It’s funny, some people think that those of us who brought the lawsuit are somehow anti-Christian or anti-religious. We’re all ministers, so that’s obviously not the case. We all stand for the Constitution because we stand for separation of church and state. And we have learned through history the hard way that, when you mix politics and religion, both democratic government and religion suffer.“
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pjacobs51
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I smell a conspiracy. Now SC residents will pay a higher price for their plates and the ministers end up with what they wanted - religious license plates. Hmmm.
- 3 years ago
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pjacobs51
