Religious license

June 21, 2008|Bruce Kluger, David Slavin and Tim Foley, Bruce Kluger and David Slavin write satire for National Public Radio's "All Things Considered." They are coauthors of the new book, "Young Dick Cheney: Great American," which is illustrated by Tim Foley.

South Carolina passed a law this month allowing it to become the first state in the nation to offer its citizens specialty license plates that carry a Christian message. Adorned with a stained-glass window, a cross and the words "I Believe," the plates are already inciting protests from, among others, the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Jewish Congress; and Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed a lawsuit Thursday.

Then there's the matter of equal time ...

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