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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The last point - censorship is un-American - is
true. But isn't it a fair thing that Skidmore is saying? It would
probably be better to state it in Islamic terms. "We don't want to permit
the cross, because we can't bear to see the Crescent." It's either both or
none. Ideally, both. But oppress Islamic expression if you're
going to oppress Christian expression.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If symbols are banned, numbers may replace
them. Here in SA I see a lot of cars with 786 on designer plates belonging
to Muslims. Christians could then use 2512 or 777 or similar. Even
B16-RAT. That may bypass places where symbols are not
allowed.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>God bless,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stephen</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=arthurkelly@yahoo.com href="mailto:arthurkelly@yahoo.com">Art
Kelly</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=apologetics@gathman.org
href="mailto:apologetics@gathman.org">Apologetics Group</A> ; <A
title=jmurf80@bellsouth.net href="mailto:jmurf80@bellsouth.net">Jim Murphy</A>
; <A title=arochaallen@juno.com href="mailto:arochaallen@juno.com">Michele
Allen</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 25, 2008 4:41
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Apologetics] Fw: ACLU OPPOSES
CHRISTIAN LICENSE PLATES</DIV>
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<TD>--- On <B>Thu, 4/24/08, Catholic League <I><<A
href="mailto:lg@catholicleague.org">lg@catholicleague.org</A>></I></B>
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Catholic League <<A
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ACLU OPPOSES CHRISTIAN LICENSE PLATES<BR>To: <A
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<P class=MsoNormal>April 24, 2008</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">ACLU OPPOSES CHRISTIAN
LICENSE PLATES</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Florida lawmakers are now
debating whether to adopt a specialty license
plate with the inscription “I Believe”; the
design includes a Christian cross and a
stained-glass window. The ACLU of Florida is
opposed to the license plate. The bill is
sponsored by Rep. Edward Bullard.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Catholic League president
Bill Donohue took on the ACLU:</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>“This is not a church and
state issue—it is a choice issue. No one can
obtain an ‘I Believe’ license plate without
purchasing it for an additional fee, and no one
must buy it. Florida already allows many
specialty license plates expressing all kinds of
sentiments and beliefs, so to deny Christians
the right to adopt a plate which expresses their
convictions is to sanction discrimination.
Moreover, the ACLU, as usual, is being
hypocritical.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>“In the 1980s and 1990s, the
ACLU chapters in Louisiana and Pennsylvania
opposed laws which limited the size of
vulgarities on bumper stickers. For example,
words that described bodily functions, women’s
body parts and sex acts were only allowed if the
lettering was in small print; the ACLU objected
to this condition. As I pointed out in my book,
<EM>Twilight of Liberty: The Legacy of the
ACLU</EM>, the head of the Pittsburgh chapter at
the time offered the following advice to
motorists caught behind a car with a vulgar
bumper sticker: ‘You can look at traffic, the
trees, the cars around you.’ </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>“The ACLU should take some of
its own medicine: Those motorists who are
offended by the Christian cross and an ‘I
Believe’ specialty license plate should stare at
the trees. As for Rep. Kelly Skidmore, a
Catholic who opposes the license plate because
‘I don’t want to see the Star of David next. I
don’t want to see a Torah next,’ she needs to
get over it. Censorship of the public expression
of religion is un-American.”</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><EM>We are contacting every
member of the Florida House.</EM></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><EM></EM> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><EM><SPAN> </SPAN>Please
contact</EM><I><BR></I><A
href="mailto:Edward.Bullard@myfloridahouse.gov"
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style="COLOR: #1f5a9d">Edward.Bullard@myfloridahouse.gov</SPAN></EM></A><EM>
and </EM><A
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target=_blank rel=nofollow><EM><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f5a9d">Kelly.Skidmore@myfloridahouse.gov</SPAN></EM></A>
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