Kentucky Atheist Awarded $150,000 In Fight Over Vanity License Plates

If you’re looking for God, keep your eyes peeled for a white Jeep Grand Cherokee with custom Kentucky plates that read “IM GOD.”

You may not find the Almighty behind the wheel, but you’re likely at least to encounter Ben Hart. The self-identified atheist sued the state in 2016 after he was denied the vanity plate because it was “vulgar or obscene.”

A U.S. District Court ruled in Hart’s favor last November. Last week, the court also ordered the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to pay $150,000 in attorney’s fees and litigation costs to the American Civil Liberties Union and the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the groups that backed the three-year suit.

Hart told Kentucky’s FOX19 he hopes his plates raise awareness that religious beliefs are open to individual interpretation. As for the specific claim made on the plates, he has an answer for that, too:

“I can prove I’m God. You can’t prove I’m not. Now, how can I prove I’m God? Well, there are six definitions for God in the American Heritage Dictionary, and number five is a very handsome man, and my wife says I’m a very handsome man, and nobody argues with my wife.”

The court ruled in Hart’s favor as a matter of free speech, noting Kentucky has previously approved pro-religious plates like “IM4GOD,” “ASKGOD,” GR8GOD,” and “LUVGOD.” As for the issue of vulgarity, the state also previously signed off on plates reading “BOOGR” and “FATA55,” effectively undercutting that argument.

Hart had similar plates on his car when he lived in Ohio, where they were approved without issue.

https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/im-god-license-plate-kentucky-ben-hart-204503604.html

Another billionaire weighs in on state’s attorney’s race: George Soros gives $2M to group backing Foxx

Soros, worth an estimated $8.3 billion according to Forbes, is not the first billionaire to lay down money in the race. Conway’s campaign coffers have been bolstered by donations from his dad.

A political action committee founded by liberal billionaire philanthropist — and Donald Trump nemesis — George Soros kicked $2 million to a committee supporting Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx in her re-election bid against three Democratic primary challengers.

A mega donor to Democrats and liberal causes, the hedge fund operator’s Democracy PAC transferred $2 million into the Illinois Justice and Public Safety PAC on Wednesday.

The justice and public safety PAC has so far spent $571,359.30 on mail, media and website production costs opposing Bill Conway, one of Foxx’s primary challengers.

Soros, worth an estimated $8.3 billion according to Forbes, is not the first billionaire to lay down money in the race.

Conway’s campaign coffers have been bolstered by donations from his dad, William E. Conway Jr., one of the founders of the private equity firm the Carlyle Group. More than 88% of the challenger’s total warchest came from his dad, the Sun-Times found last month.

The senior Conway has a net worth of $3.5 billion, according to Forbes.

A spokeswoman for Foxx said the campaign is “not coordinating with anyone related to Soros” or with the justice and public safety committee.

That committee, which also says its goal is to oppose Conway, was created by Whitney Tymas, who also created a 2016 committee called Illinois Safety and Justice, according to a Crain’s report on the committee.

Soros, 89, is the founder of Soros Fund Management LLC. He’s donated more than $32 billion to his Open Society Foundations, which funds democracy and human rights projects in more than 100 nations, according to his web site.

Soros was a big Hillary Clinton backer and has called Trump “a conman and the ultimate narcissist” and said his “politics are a malignant disease.”

He’s also a favorite target of Republicans and the far right. Trump supporters frequently try to tie Soros to a variety of conspiracies.

Besides Foxx and Bill Conway, Democrats running for state’s attorney include former Ald. Bob Fioretti and former prosecutor Donna More. Two Republicans are also running: Pat O’Brien, a former Cook County circuit judge, and Christopher Pfannkuche, who ran against Foxx in 2016.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/2/20/21146269/george-soros-kim-foxx-bill-conway-states-attorney

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U.S. President History

1972 - U.S. President Nixon began a visit to China that ended on February 28th. Nixon was the first U.S. President to visit China.

1975 - Former U.S. Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman were sentenced to 2 1/2 to 8 years in prison for their roles in the Watergate cover-up.

1989 - U.S. President Bush called Ayatollah Khomeini's death warrant against "Satanic Verses" author Salman Rushdie "deeply offensive to the norms of civilized behavior."

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>>8205930

If Criminals, donate to Criminals, where does that money go if they're part of and EO?

Perhaps all the Big Money Donations are their part of the Movie, as a front to handing over their wealth, without raising red flags.

Same as Bezos' extra large "donation" for muh "Climate Change."

>>8205961

Plausible theory. I likey.

>>8205985

Plausible theory. I likey