(CBN News) – This year, the state of Mississippi is adding “In God We Trust” to all of its standard-issue license plates. Republican Gov. Phil Bryant announced the move in May 2018. “I was proud to sign legislation in 2014 that added the United States National Motto, ‘In God We Trust,’ to the Mississippi State Seal,” Bryan wrote in a Twitter Post. “Today, I am equally delighted to announce that it will adorn our new Mississippi license plates.”
Gov. Bryant told residents to expect to see the new plates in 2019. He has kept that promise and new vehicles in Mississippi now have “In God We Trust” on them. The decision has drawn mixed reactions. The American Humanist Association called the plates “unconstitutional.” “The problem, obviously, is that many individuals do not believe in a God, let alone trust in him, her, or it. Thus, to create a standard license plate that displays that phrase, with no alternative at an equal cost that avoids such a statement, unconstitutionally endorses religion.” READ MORE
