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[From the Indianapolis Star...]
For years, Liz Ferris saw her personalized license plate -- BE GODS -- as a quiet declaration of faith, a shorthand message urging people to "belong to God."
But now the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles says there's no place for God on personalized plates.
The BMV, meanwhile, has issued 2 million plates that proclaim "In God We Trust." On Monday, the Indiana Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of those plates.
The BMV, which approved Ferris' license plate eight or nine years ago, now is rejecting her message, saying that it violates a new policy that bars any reference to religion or a deity on personalized plates, a policy she says violates her First Amendment rights. The problem only surfaced after she let her plate lapse, and when she tried to reclaim the phrase, the BMV turned her down.
The eastern Indiana woman filed a lawsuit this week against the BMV to fix what she sees as a mixed message.
[continued at IndyStar.com]
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