Photo gallery: Legislators, license plate collector team to debut 'In God We Trust' license plate

Published: Tuesday, Oct. 23 2012 5:24 p.m. MDT

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In God We Trust license plate.

Summary

America’s Freedom Festival at Provo is partnering with state Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, and state Rep. Val Peterson, R-Orem, to sponsor the first license plate in Utah with the U.S. national motto “In God We Trust”.

SALT LAKE CITY — America's Freedom Festival at Provo is partnering with state Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, and state Rep. Val Peterson, R-Orem, to sponsor the first license plate in Utah with the U.S. national motto "In God We Trust."

The idea for the new plate comes from Tate Christensen, an 11-year-old license plate collector from Salt Lake City and the nephew of Mike Mower, Gov. Gary Herbert’s deputy chief of staff.

“From Iowa to Virginia to Florida, drivers in many states can purchase license plates with the inspiring mottos ‘God Bless America’ or ‘In God We Trust’,” said Paul Warner, Executive Director of America’s Freedom Festival at Provo. “Shouldn’t Utah have something similar?”

State law requires that 500 Utahns pre-order a new license plate before it becomes available to the public. Information on preordering the plate can be found at freedomfestival.org .

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A Scientist

Provo, UT

Yes, and those are inappropriate. Remove them all.

10:41 a.m. Oct. 24, 2012
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Lagomorph

Salt Lake City, UT

The article isn't clear-- does it merely take 500 orders to get a plate design made, or does the plate design have to be legislatively authorized first and then 500 pre-orders are required to start production?

Who is up for a Flying More..

12:12 p.m. Oct. 24, 2012
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spring street

SALT LAKE CITY, UT

@rifleman
so the politicians live in fear of the "moral majority" (very loaded title) and somehow you think this is moral?

9:21 p.m. Oct. 24, 2012
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