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Originally Posted by JumpinJesus
What are your opinions that these states offer no plates of other religions - Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, etc. - yet claim that they are not showing any preference?
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Clearly they do show preference, and preference is the issue. There are no David Star versions, no Crescent Moons, not even a Flying Spaghetti Monster.
While one could excuse it as a reaction to demand (what Jewish person would want the David Star on the back of their Volvo?), simply not making them available at all does seem to suggest that their not even interested in appearing interested in equal representation of religions. Individual states are a part of the government and, as such, are just as prone to religious biases and interference as the federal government.
Ace, "freedom of religion" also means "freedom from religion". That can be reasonably expanded to "no government religion". No government religion means that the government, including the DMV, cannot be religious. So in actuality, it would be a violation of the 1st to have the plates. To not have them would not be a violation of the 1st.