Group Sues To Get Kentucky "In God We Trust" License Plate

AP yesterday reported that a Kentucky group, Reclaim Our Culture Kentuckiana (ROCK), has filed a lawsuit challenging the rejection of its application to sponsor a special "In God We Trust" state license plate. The state's Transportation Cabinet rejected the request partly because ROCK promotes "a specific faith or religious position." The lawsuit claims both that religion is not ROCK's primary purpose and that the basis for denial amounts to unconstitutional religious discrimination. Rep. Hubie Collins, chairman of the Kentucky House transportation committee, says he supports an "In God We Trust" plate, but thinks the state should issue it. He does not believe that a private group should profit from use of the national motto. (See prior related posting.)