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<h1>Latest specialty plate rejected</h1><h1> </h1>

TALLAHASSEE -- A late effort to get a religious specialty plate approved was rejected on the Senate floor Friday.

Sen. Ronda Storms, R-Valrico, tried to amend onto another bill a plate with the words “I Believe” and a large cross in front of a stained-glass, church-like window.

Proceeds from the plate would go to support faith-based education, she said.

But other members quickly objected, saying the proposed plate did not make it through the required committee process, nor did it follow the required procedures of submitting petitions showing that people are willing to buy it.

Storms argued that the group proposing the plate hired a group to gather petition signatures, and the group hired submitted invalid petitions. The plate’s proponents should not be blamed for that, she said.

But other members said her plate was controversial enough to drag down the bill with other, acceptable license plates on it -- one of which was designated to help raise money t preserve Florida’s lighthouses.

Storms’ amendment, and plate, were rejected on a voice vote.

by Pensacola on 04/25/2008 01:01:20 PM EST

Florida lawmakers debate offering a Christian license plate | 19 comments (19 topical, 0 hidden)