LINK FFRF Attains Free Speech Victory in Alabama
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has obtained a victory for secularism and free speech in Alabama.
An Alabama resident contacted the state/church watchdog after being told that a request for a personalized “S8TAN” plate was “offensive to the peace and dignity of the state of Alabama” and would not be issued. The individual had been given a temporary plate for a couple of months, but then the Motor Vehicle Division in the Alabama Department of Revenue sent a letter refusing the plate.
Alabama’s regulations concerning the wording of personalized plates are unconstitutional, FFRF informed the Alabama Motor Vehicle Division. Just last year, FFRF and the ACLU of Kentucky won a three-year legal battle on behalf of a Kentucky resident who was denied a license plate saying, “IM GOD.” The state of Kentucky was ordered to pay more than $150,000 in attorneys fees as a result of defending its unconstitutional conduct.
“The Motor Vehicle Division’s restriction of the message because of the viewpoint being expressed violates the free speech clause of the First Amendment,” FFRF Staff Attorney Chris Line wrote to Alabama Motor Vehicle Division Director Jay Starling. “The Supreme Court has continually struck down viewpoint discrimination by the government.”
FFRF recently learned from its complainant that its communication with the state of Alabama had an effect and that a triumph for free speech was indeed achieved.
“My husband and I are members of The Satanic Temple; its fundamental tenets fit with what we believe,” the person emailed FFRF in a missive that profusely thanked the national state/church watchdog. “The state of Alabama has no business judging us for our or anyone else’s beliefs.”
The Satanic Temple functions as a secular group that works in part to promote the separation of state and church.
“Some of the reasons we choose S8TAN are that it represents to us freethinking, standing for rights, opposing injustice, common sense, belief in science, protecting other’s rights, compassion towards others, treating people with dignity and respect,” says FFRF’s complainant.
FFRF is pleased at ensuring equal protection of viewpoints on license plates in Alabama, where religious messages are permitted.
“Our complainant learned that folks at the Alabama Motor Vehicle Division laughed and said that S8TAN would never be on a tag in the state of Alabama,” says FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor. “Now look who is having the last laugh.”
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.My pro-prohibition "Regulate Gin" license plate was approved - R3GG1N
ZuzecaSape
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Mar 14, 2021
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If you define yourself by what you are against you are not a fully actuated individual and most of your opinions will be assigned to.
wolfhnd
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Mar 4, 2021
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Who is being defined by what they are against?
Hope the car is a piece of shit cause it’s gonna get keyed like a motherfucker.
Andyman
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Mar 4, 2021
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Unfortunately that is probably true. Christians aren't as virtuous as they claim to be.
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