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Baton Rouge, LA (LifeNews.com) — The Choose Life license plates in Louisiana have proved to be a boon to the work of pregnancy centers that provide tangible pregnancy help and abortion alternatives to women. The fund that receives the proceeds from the sales of the plates has donated tens of thousands of dollars to 20 different centers.
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A federal judge ruled that the state cannot issue license plates showing the image of a cross in front of a stained glass window along with the phrase “I Believe.”
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WASHINGTON, D.C, October 5, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal in Choose Life Illinois v. White, upholding a Seventh Circuit ruling that the Illinois system for approving specialty plates was not discriminatory. The case was filed in 2004 after…
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Richmond, VA (LifeNews.com) — Motorists in Virginia have a way to express their pro-life views and support pregnancy centers providing alternatives to abortion at the same time. However, abortion advocates in the state don’t like that and they are taking steps to oppose the plates and cast aspersions on the centers.
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news@LifeNews.com (Steven Ertelt) Abortion, License Plate, Pro-Life
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Richmond, VA (LifeNews.com) — Motorists in Virginia now have a way to express their pro-life views and support adoption and abortion alternatives at the same time. A new state law allowing the purchase of Choose Life license plates went into effect yesterday and proceeds from the sales of the plates support those pro-life efforts.
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A Kentucky group is suing the state Transportation Cabinet and two lawmakers over rejection of a requested “In God We Trust” license plate.
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A Kentucky group is suing the state Transportation Cabinet and two lawmakers over rejection of a requested “In God We Trust” license plate.
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(AP) – FRANKFORT, Ky. – A Louisville-based group whose application to sponsor an “In God We Trust” specialty license plate was denied has filed a lawsuit against the state Transportation Cabinet and two legislators. The group, Reclaim Our Culture Kentuckiana, had said in its 2008 application that it would use proceeds from sales of the plate to raise awareness about harm caused by pornography and the sex industry. But…
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(AP) – NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Senate sponsor of a bill to create a special license plate for the Church of God in Christ has pulled the bill until next session. Sen. Ophelia Ford, a Memphis Democrat, asked the Senate Finance Committee to delay consideration of the measure. Ford acknowledged state Attorney General Robert E. Cooper Jr.’s opinion that such a plate would violate the…
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(AP) – NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee’s attorney general says a state license plate that allocates money to a church would probably be ruled illegal. The opinion by Attorney General Robert E. Cooper Jr. came after Sen. Ophelia Ford and Rep. Karen Camper-both Memphis Democrats-proposed a bill creating a special plate for the Church of God in Christ, which is based in Memphis. Money from the sale of the plates would…
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AP By Kevin Eckstrom, Religion News Service Moves to create two Florida license plates with images of a crucified Jesus on one, and a stained glass window and cross on another, have died in the Florida legislature. Both plates had come under blistering …
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(RNS) Moves to create two Florida license plates with images of a crucified Jesus on one, and a stained glass window and cross on another, have died in the Florida legislature.
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The last time the Supreme Court considered what the First Amendment has to say about license plates was in 1977, when it ruled that New Hampshire could not force George Maynard to drive around with plates bearing the state’s motto, “Live Free or Die.”
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County Commissioner Randy Harris was struck with an idea one day as he maneuvered through traffic in Marion County, Fla. It seemed like every car had a license plate touting the virtues of saving whales and sea turtles and supporting sports teams. Why, he wondered, was there not a license plate designed to save children?
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If you want Jesus on your license plate, the Florida Senate is looking out for you.
Religious specialty plates offered by Sen. Ronda Storms, R-Valrico, and Sen. Gary Siplin, D-Orlando, made it onto a bill Friday even though many members had not seen images of those plates and none were produced for the debate.
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Springfield, IL (LifeNews.com) — A pro-life law firm has filed a request with the Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeals court decision handed down last year against Choose Life license plates in Illinois. The appellate court issued a decision in November that Illinois officials who don’t want to issue Choose Life license plates for state motorists don’t have to do so.
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A pro-life law firm filed a petition Thursday asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review and reverse a lower court ruling that banned “Choose Life” license plates in Illinois.
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Raleigh, NC (LifeNews.com) — Backers of the Choose Life license plate in North Carolina have unveiled a new design for the car tags that features a more colorful version of the children’s drawing found on the nearly 25 states with the specialty plates on the road. However, if the state legislature doesn’t approve the plates this year, they say they may file a lawsuit to allow them.
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Anti-abortion groups have won approval in at least 18 states for specialized license plates with the tagline “Choose Life,” even as officials in New Jersey and other states fight the requests on various grounds.
The cases raise unresolved questions about whether license plates — or even portions of them — convey government or private speech. To raise revenues, many states let drivers buy specialty plates that recognize everything from military units and colleges to sports teams and nonprofit groups.
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