In God We Trust?

In today’s age of political correctness and “separation of church and state” I am surprised that the state of Georgia approved adding “In God We Trust” stickers on license plates. Surely this infuriates many. Soon the argument will be made that other religions should receive equal treatment. We shall see.

Over the past year or two the sticker became an option to add to the old plates. This year those with the oldest plates were forced to purchase their choice of two new plates: a plain white plate similar to the old plate (but cleaner), or a more colorful plate with a picture of a peach tree. The lower section of the colored plate has green grass, but it is covered up by the white county sticker.

Georgia dropped the ball on the county stickers. In the past the bold font made the counties easily readable. Now the counties are printed in a tiny, thin, close-together font that is pretty much unreadable. The lone exception: the “In God We Trust” sticker, which is much more readable than the counties.

Last month when it was time to buy new tags, I thought the colored plate would be a nice change of pace. Georgia has had the all white plate for years, with few changes. Ceil wanted to go down to the tag office to get the “In God We Trust” stickers, so she chose plain white for both our cars. At least we still have plate numbers that are just one off the other, which is kinda cool.

Had the tag office given us the “In God We Trust” stickers to apply ourselves, I thought a fun idea would’ve been to rearrange the words to read” We Trust In God.” Or simply "Trust in God." But the new plates came with the sticker already applied. Can’t say that I blame them.

Driving around town I sometimes wonder if some drivers behind me take offense at the God sticker, and tailgate or pass in their fury. Or if drivers deliberately cut me off because of the plate. Hard to tell. In the past I’ve always refrained from putting Christian stickers on the car…not as much to avoid persecution than to dishonor God with bad driving.

Sunday at PCC I only counted four “In God We Trust” license plates (but we were early, and parked close). Since the stickers are a relatively new phenomenon, it should be interesting to see if those numbers go up.

IDEA: Like in many states, here in Georgia drivers can pay an additional annual fee to display a special license plate. Wildflowers, wildlife, golf, historic preservation, Falcons, UGA, Tech, Auburn, Clemson…there is a whole list of choices. I have a good idea: a throwback plate, made to look like the simple old-school plates from the fifties or sixties.