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Indiana Woman Sues BMV For Rejecting Religious Licence Plate

By Peter Ambrose

Story Published: Nov 19, 2008 at 6:55 AM EST

Story Updated: Nov 19, 2008 at 10:45 AM EST

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A woman is suing the Indiana Bureau of Motor
Vehicles for refusing to issue a personalized license plate with the words "BE GODS."

The suit was filed in federal court yesterday, the same day the
Indiana Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of the state's "In God We Trust" license plate. However, the BMV prohibits vanity plates referring to race, religion, deity, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or political party or affiliation.

Plaintiff Elizabeth Ferris of Cambridge City says her plate is intended to be read as "Be God's," a message she considers central to her life. She says she had that on her license plate for eight or nine years but missed the renewal deadline in October 2007, and the BMV later rejected it as "inappropriate due to form or content."

BMV spokesman Dennis Rosebrough says the agency's attorneys are reviewing the suit.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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