HomeCherished Number PlatesNew ‘I Believe’ Number Plates are legal Jayne Henry August 25, 2010 Cherished Number Plates, Personalised Number Plates, Registration Industry Drivers in South Carolina, may now be able to buy number plates with the words “I Believe” and three crosses, despite a federal Judge’s ruling against similar tags. Nearly 9 months ago a federal judge barred the state from making legislatively approved plates with the religious message, Attorney General Henry McMaster says a similar plate designed by a nonprofit group is legal. The plate under review at the Department of Motor Vehicles reads http://www.IBELIEVEsc.net along the top. It features a golden sunrise and on the left, three crosses symbolizing the site where Jesus was crucified. The nonprofit group applied for the plates in February under state law that allows private groups to create specialty plates, if they pay a $4,000 deposit or collect at least 400 prepaid orders before production. It officially changed its name to the website address, in hopes of meeting new DMV rules that require tags bear the sponsoring group’s name. McMaster’s backing of the plates comes as no surprise. He issued a memo last August supporting the previous tags. Three months later, a federal judge ruled those unconstitutional. The new number plates will involve no government endorsement. South Carolina drivers already can pick from 127 specialty plates, from “Gone Fishing” to “No More Homeless Pets.” The 21 plates created through the nonprofit process include the “In Reason We Trust” tag, created by the Secular Humanists of the Low Country, according to the motor vehicles agency. Unfortunately this does not apply in United Kingdom, as it is against the law to have anything other the Registration Number and postcode of the supplier.
