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Related: About this forumNew Jersey bans ‘ATHEIST’ vanity plate, calls it 'offensive'
Published time: August 28, 2013 18:49
The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission has rejected an application for a personalized license plate that says ATHE1ST even though the word is not on the states list of offensive and prohibited terms.
New Jersey resident David Silverman, president of the group American Atheists, was willing to pay for a personalized license plate that reflects his views on religion. In the state of New Jersey, it costs $50 to acquire a customized license plate. But the MVC rejected his application, claiming that the word atheist is offensive, Silverman tweeted after the incident.
Earlier this year, the New Jersey Star-Ledger published the list of words that the MVC refuses to print on license plates. But the list, which has a total of 1,085 words and is dated Nov. 26, 2012, does not include the word atheist.
MVC spokesman Mike Horan told the paper that personalized license plate applications are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, especially since new slang words are continuously arising.
http://rt.com/usa/new-jersey-atheist-plate-124/
Sorry, I find Secaucus offensive.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)cbayer
(146,218 posts)Who in the world would do that?
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
mindwalker_i
(4,407 posts)or LILJESUS?
longship
(40,416 posts)They reversed the ruling.
I like Dawkins because he's high visibility, he's not afraid to stir the pot, and he gets in the news. That he sometimes says weird things with which I don't agree is minor. I wish he wouldn't do that. But what the hell.
I like it when atheists win these things. I like it when atheists get exposure.
Thanks everybody who helped raise hell.
rug
(82,333 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)I don't know about international exposure, other than the atheist blogosphere and a few news mentions.
rug
(82,333 posts)That's why it's so bad when he is sometimes wrong.
longship
(40,416 posts)But I like they guy.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)and will give him credit for that.