2007 Senate Bill 640: Authorize “In God We Trust” specialty plate

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Introduced by Sen. Cameron Brown (R) on July 18, 2007, to authorize a specialty license plate with the motto, “In God We Trust,” and the extra money charged for it going into the state general fund.
- Referred to the Senate Transportation Committee on July 18, 2007.
  - Reported in the Senate on October 24, 2007, with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Passed 32 to 4 in the Senate on November 1, 2007.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
Received in the House on November 6, 2007.
- Referred to the House Transportation Committee on November 6, 2007.

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1) Sen. Switalski "no vote explanation" by Admin003 on November 2, 2007
Senators Switalski and Whitmer, under their constitutional right of protest (Art. 4, Sec. 18), protested against the passage of Senate Bill No.640.

Senator Switalski's statement, in which Senator Whitmer concurred, is as follows:

You know, normally, I do trust in God; it's a practice of mine. You know, I figured if it's on a dollar bill and on the coins, maybe it can go on a license plate too. But I have consistently taken a philosophical position that we should not be doing all these license plates, no matter how good the cause or the reasoning. You know, the license plates are there to identify a car. The State Police say that having the proliferation of plates makes it more difficult to do that.

So I have consistently said that we should not be doing this.

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2) encouraged by jmangan on October 26, 2007
I am encouraged by most of the replies to this bill. If there is anything we don't need, it's more theocracy in this world. Maybe the one commenter approving this bill should check out the history books and they would find that "In God We Trust" was first used as a government slogan decades after the founding of our nation.
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3) Read the Names by Anonymous Citizen on August 3, 2007
The names on this bill are the important element. Theocrats one and all - democracy, free speech, religious freedom are abhorrent to these jihadists. Vote them out before they render you and your personal beliefs illegal.
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