{"id":3713,"date":"2011-06-30T12:40:09","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T16:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=3713"},"modified":"2011-06-30T14:05:01","modified_gmt":"2011-06-30T18:05:01","slug":"atheist-blogger-georgia-license-plates-will-not-have-%e2%80%98in-god-we-trust%e2%80%99-on-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/06\/atheist-blogger-georgia-license-plates-will-not-have-%e2%80%98in-god-we-trust%e2%80%99-on-them","title":{"rendered":"Atheist blogger: Georgia License Plates Will Not Have \u2018In God We Trust\u2019 on Them"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hemant Mehta,\u00a0writing on\u00a0“The Friendly Atheist” blog,\u00a0reports that:<\/p>\n

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“Church and State will remain separate on Georgia\u2019s license plates thanks to all of you. Earlier this week, I mentioned that Georgia was having an online vote to decide it\u2019s new license plate. And three of the eight entries had ‘In God We Trust’ printed on them. Well, there were enough complaints for the state to *ahem* clarify their policy.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The final verse of the “Star-Spangled Banner”\u00a0includes\u00a0a variation of\u00a0“In God We Trust,” which\u00a0became the official motto of the United States of America. It appears on all U.S. coins and currency.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The state of Georgia is still soliciting public input regarding its license tags.<\/p>\n

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CLICK HERE if you would like to participate in the Georgia on-line vote<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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CLICK HERE to read Mehta’s blog post<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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