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Newark - A New Jersey woman has filed a lawsuit, claiming the state's Motor Vehicle Commission rejected her application for a license plate proclaiming she's an atheist.
Shannon Morgan filed the suit on Thursday in federal court, saying the agency violated her First Amendment rights by rejecting a plate reading "8THEIST".
The Maurice River Township woman said plates reading "BAPTIST" have been approved.
Messages and e-mails left for the Motor Vehicles Commission were not immediately returned. A recorded message said the offices were closed in observance of Good Friday.
New Jersey previously approved a request from a national atheist group's president for a license plate with the word "atheist" after a brief flap. His plate had the number "1" in place of the letter "i".
Shannon Morgan filed the suit on Thursday in federal court, saying the agency violated her First Amendment rights by rejecting a plate reading "8THEIST".
The Maurice River Township woman said plates reading "BAPTIST" have been approved.
Messages and e-mails left for the Motor Vehicles Commission were not immediately returned. A recorded message said the offices were closed in observance of Good Friday.
New Jersey previously approved a request from a national atheist group's president for a license plate with the word "atheist" after a brief flap. His plate had the number "1" in place of the letter "i".
