BBC: Judge bans South Carolina Christian car plate

U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie has, BBC reports, ruled that an auto license plate approved by the state legislature violates First Amendment separation of church and state. She said:

Whether motivated by sincerely-held Christian beliefs or an effort to purchase political capital with religious coin, the result is the same.


The statute is clearly unconstitutional and defence of its implementation has embroiled the state in unnecessary (and expensive) litigation.