Posted by Hemant Mehta in FFRF, General, Lawsuits on June 30th, 2009 | 28 Comments

Jason lives in Indiana, home of the “In God We Trust” license plates.

He applied for a personalized license plate reading NO GODS. Take a wild guess what happened…

Rejected.

Why? It was deemed inappropriate. According to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles:

Personalized license plates allow creativity; however, under Indiana Statue IC 9-18-15-4 (b) the BMV may refuse to issue a combination of letters or numerals, or both, that carry a connotation offensive to good taste and decency.

The BMV will deny a personalized license plate request if an objective, reasonable person would find that the customer’s proposed expression on the personalized license plate application is determined to carry a connotation offensive to good taste and decency, is misleading, or is otherwise prohibited.

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He’s already contacted the ACLU in Indiana and FFRF. Sounds like he has a case, no?

More:
http://friendlyatheist.com/2009/06/30/is-a... /