The Anti-Defamation League has picked a battle with the State of Florida over specialty license plates with images of “I Believe” and “Trinity.” Monika Levin, of the ADL sent out an email to media with the subject of: “ADL Urges Senate to Reject Religiously-Divisive License Plates” highlighted.
The Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913, is the world’s leading organization fighting anti-Semitism through programs and services that counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry.
The ADL, and Levin issued this statement out of their Boca Raton office: “Today, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) urged the Florida Senate to reject the inclusion of the “I Believe” and “Trinity” specialty license plates in SB642, “an act relating to license plates.” In a letter to the Florida Senate, ADL advised: These specialty license plates are patently exclusionary, divisive, and unconstitutional. Especially in these lean economic times, these license plates will cost the State and taxpayers needless litigation expenses. The “I Believe” and “Trinity” specialty license plates prominently display the fundamental symbols of the Christian faith: the cross and Jesus wearing a crown of thorns, respectively. Consequently, each plate sends the divisive and exclusive message that the State of Florida prefers Christianity over all the other diverse faiths within our state,” Levin said.
Andrew Rosenkranz, ADL Florida Regional Director, issued this statement: “After last year when the “I Believe” specialty license plate died in the Senate and a U.S. District Court found that a virtually identical plate from South Carolina was unconstitutional, we had hoped that in these difficult times the Senate would not again take up such divisive legislation. These two plates are only going to waste the Senate’s time, divide Floridians’ along religious lines, and cost the taxpayer an unnecessary litigation expenses,” Rosenkranz said.
Andrew Rosenkranz, ADL Florida Regional Director, and David Barkey, ADL Southern Area Counsel, are available to talk about this matter:
Andrew Rosenkranz: (954) 205-2269, David Barkey: (305) 205 – 8182, or
Monika Levin,ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE, Associate Regional Director | Florida Region. T: 561.988.2915 | F: 561.989.0712
mlevin@adl.org
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