70sEraVet
70sEraVet's JournalI wasn't prepared to face a religious test when renewing my license plates
I knew that this year, Tennessee was issuing new, redesigned auto tags this year. But the question of religious preferences took me by surprise. "Do you want 'In God We Trust', or without."
I wasn't sure. Its not that I don't BELIEVE in g-d, but I sure don't TRUST him/her. And Tennessee has a mandatory liability insurance law -- doesn't sound like the state has much faith in him/her either.
So, in order not to have my hypocrisy cast into stone (or, in this case, aluminum), I opted for the 'without', and left, feeling like a Rebel without a clause.
This question of one's religious beliefs at tag renewal time is apparently happening in many states.
“In God We Trust” license plates are already available in 20 states: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
https://www.blitzwatch.org
So, my advice is to be prepared -- your automobile's eternal salvation may depend on your answer!
Lowering the US flag by Presidential order is a problem for Red states?
I live in a rural Tennessee cummunity, and I know that Biden supporters are harder to find than a vegetarian restaurant out here.
But I've noticed this week, that the older from President Biden to lower flags to half-staff, is being ignored. Flags at city halls, fire departments, veterans centers, even federal post offices, are flying at full mast.
When I ask about it, Im told that; "the Governor never passed on the order", " Lowering the flag doesn't have the meaning it used to", "We never received an email from ....", etc.
Is anyone else seeing this??
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