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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
yes but many state's constitutions state that they honor and abide by the federal constitution and then add their own constitution articles as well.
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I looked a little deeper into the issue and found that there has been two important Supreme Court rulings that resulted in the federal government's restrictions against the establishment of religion applying to states. They basically used the due process clause under the 14th amendment to hold the Bill of Rights are applicable to the states. And although there is no formal "separation clause" (separation of church and state), this language was validated by the Supreme Court as well.
I would still argue that the wording on state license plate is not respecting the establishment of a religion. "In God We Trust" is printed on our money, and in the case of Florida they have about 50 different specialty plates, like this one:
or this:
I know a couple of Florida grads who think Gator football is a religion, but I beg to differ. And everybody knows North Carolina is the golf capital of the world.