South carolina religious license plates

Print Subscriptions. Deseret News homepage. Filed under: Featured Faiths. Reddit Pocket Email Linkedin. South Carolina drivers can buy religious license plates that feature three crosses and a sunrise.

Sign up for the newsletter Utah Today Start your day with the top stories you missed while you were sleeping. Thanks for signing up! Check your inbox for a welcome email. Email address required. Andre Bauer said Thursday he is willing to put up the money and get reimbursed. Bauer helped push the measure through the General Assembly, saying it gives people a way to express their beliefs.

In , the U. Supreme Court issued split decisions involving the Ten Commandments. Back in , the state General Assembly created an "I Believe" tag that was sponsored by the government. In , however, a U. That left the possibility for a private organization to apply for an "I Believe" tag. In the end, the Christian coalition applied for the license plate. The new religious license plate is now a totally separate initiative by a private organization and not government sponsored. This gets around the prohibition of the state being involved in the plate.

While some groups opposed the government sponsoring religious license plates, including Americans United for Separation of Church and State, most people have no such problem if the group behind the tags is private. The funds generated from the sales of the plates are used to market the religious license plate, bring visitors to the related Gospel website, and pay for administrative and educational programming.

He added, "The primary purpose is to guide people to believe in Jesus Christ.