Apr 25 2009
Looney Legislator – Rhonda Storms – Religious License Plates
Looney legislator, Rhonda Storms, who’s name evicts visions of a lap dancer more than a senator has proposed and passed a new license plate for Floridians. The Jesus plate seen above. While the states drowns in debt and our budget cuts services to the bone, these right wing religious zealots waste time shoving through a pretty gross license. Why is it that Christians love to show images of a man, tortured to death, hanging from a cross?
Because why worry about a budget impasse or property insurance when you can spend more than an hour talking about Jesus, the devil and license plates?
Religious specialty plates offered by Sen. Ronda Storms, R-Valrico, and Sen. Gary Siplin, D-Orlando, made it onto a bill Friday even though many members had not seen images of those plates and none was produced for the debate.
Siplin didn’t mince words when asked what his “Trinity” plate looks like, saying, “It has a picture of my Lord and savior Jesus Christ.” It, along with a “Preserving the Past” plate offered by Siplin, would benefit the Toomey Foundation for the Natural Sciences. (Source: St. Petersburg Times)
So while the state budget and services swirl down the toilet this is what the legislature is debating. And the Toomey Foundation? That is a creationist group trying to add their moronic superstitions to our science curriculum in the state schools. They’ve got an explanation for everything, facts be damned.
So what is next? There is already talk about introducing plates with the devil on them now. Personally I think that is not such a bad idea. After all the Governor, Charlie Crist, and I are alumni of the same high school. Our logo is a Green Devil.
So, if you are a University of Florida graduate who loves manatees, you can support both on your tag. Crist, who will offer the amendment Monday, said the senators he has talked to really like the idea.
But those options would come too late for Friday’s debate in the Senate, where Sen. Larcenia Bullard, D-Miami, invoked the devil to make her point: “What if someone comes next year and decides to vote on something that has the devil on it, and horns, horns on each side. I know that people are called the devil, but if the symbol of a devil is on it, I would not vote for that.”
I’m all for petitioning the Governor for our alma mater on a license. Meanwhile, Rhonda needs to get a life.
Thanks Robby for the heads up on this. Go Green Devils!
Da Frog,
Thanks for all you do to keep us on track! Rhonda Storms needs to spend more time with her pole and less time proselytising us with her archaic beliefs. In terms of the St. Pete High Green Devils, the rest of those drooling superstitious Rift Valley dwellers better keep their jesuses away from our beloved mascot.
There is one argument against this license plate (and other like it) that I haven’t seen made yet, which is this:
Those license plates, the actual physical metal plates themselves, are made w/our tax dollars. I’m not talking about the fees we pay when we get the plates; I mean the tax funds spent on the creation and manufacture of the plates. Whether the jobs are contracted to private companies, or they’re produced by convicts (the usual image), they are paid with our tax dollars.
Therefore, I do NOT want my tax dollars used to express any dogmatic, religious viewpoints, regardless if whether I agree or disagree w/said dogma. This is the best and most logical argument against allowing them on Florida’s automobiles. The complete and total separation of church & state, as prescribed in the United States Constitution does, in my opinion, make this specific plate illegal. I’m pretty sure the ACLU is weighing in on this as I type.
Some may argue that sports teams, schools, etc., are on Florida’s license plates, which is obviously true. However, they do not proffer religious ideals or doctrines. As such, they do not violate the ideal of separation of church & state in any way.
It comes down to this: you are entitled to your religious viewpoints, and I am entitled to mine. I do not ram mine down your throat, and I would appreciate the same in kind.
DO NOT spend my tax dollars promoting any particular religious doctrines or beliefs!
As for Rhonda Storms: psycho is as psycho goes! Her mind does not function at any level considered close to reason and/or common sense; therefore, she is beyond all help! There is the obvious exception of voting her out of office, of course, and yes, I do vote!