We recently announced our support for legislation that would create “In God We Trust License Plates.” In fact, it is one of our legislative priorities for this year’s General Assembly. The legislation will allow Virginians to publicly show their support for our nation’s motto on their licenses plate for the first time.
However, in order for the legislation to move ahead, we need to get 350 paid registrations for these specialty license plates. At this time we are well short of that number. We need your action today!
It is critical that you sign up and register for these plates as soon as possible, as debate over this legislation is fast approaching. The bills are patroned by, in the House, Delegate Dickie Bell (R-20, Staunton), (HB 75); and, in the Senate, by Senator Mark Obenshain (R-26, Harrisonburg), (SB 136). The application is linked below. Please forward this link to your friends, church members and others you think might be interested, or even print out the application and make it available at your church this Sunday. Just make sure they are returned as quickly as possible with a $10 check!
Click here to download your application and instructions.
Does putting “In God We Trust” on a license plate somehow honor God? Do we think God would be pleased that that his name is used on national symbols? When we put the American flag in his house does that honor God and Jesus or is it a vain attempt to make us feel even better about ourselves as a people? Worse yet are we “Americanizing” Christianity in a conceited way so we can feel even prouder of ourselves. Even more troubling is the thought that this type of legislation is pushed in the cause of one-upmanship over secularists. If any of the above are true and I suspect they are we are not honoring God. To the contrary, we are insulting him.