Posted on 07/20/2013 12:04:03 PM PDT by ReformationFan
Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee (shown) has vetoed a bill that would have authorized the state to offer a “Choose Life” license plate to raise funds for a faith-based crisis pregnancy center in the state. The governor cited the First Amendment's supposed separation of church and state mandate that he insisted prohibited the state government from involving itself in such a campaign. The measure, which was approved by the Democrat-controlled state legislature earlier this month, would have allowed half of the $40 cost of the vehicle plates to go to Providence-based CareNet, a Christian crisis pregnancy center. Supporters said the campaign would have helped to reduce abortions in the state.
Pro-abortion activists had asked Chafee to veto the bill for the plates, which 29 other states currently offer. While the state offers other messages on its license plates, Chafee nonetheless advised lawmakers in his veto that the sole function of a license plate is “to register and identify a motor vehicle.” He said it was his conviction that “state participation in the transmission of funds to this organization would violate the separation of church and state, one of the fundamental principles upon which our state was founded.” He claimed that the “framers of the United States and Rhode Island Constitutions constructed strong walls of separation between church and state. This bill compels the state to collect and distribute funds to an organization that advocates a particular religious and political viewpoint.”
Barth Bracy of Rhode Island Right to Life challenged Chafee's stated reason for the veto.
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what a moron. I bet he has no prob funding abortions though
He wants to avoid the wrath of raging fang-tooth feminazis. They send money and vote for pro-death candidates.
No surprises here. Chaffee is a long-time baby-murderer.
Rhode Island Governor Vetoes Pro-Life, Pro-Adoption License Plate Measure
Some people are totally pro-murder.
If someone is “Pro-Choice” how can “Choose Life” be offensive?
“what a moron. I bet he has no prob funding abortions though”
This is the guy Joe Biden should be seen standing next to for photo ops. Joe would appear to be Einstein.
“Separation of church and state” is a phony excuse. The pro-life position is not primarily religious; it appeals to simple human decency.
Half? Buy a pro-life license plate frame and send the entire $40 to a crisis pregnancy center rather than letting the state skim off half.
I bet plate frames are or will be illegal if that happens
This creep is still around???? Why?
Good question. My sentiments exactly.
RINO,s are ev
RINO’s are evil.
They should make a bumper sticker that looks the same.
Send him baby shoes.
Lots and lots of them.
“Hail Satan !”
Horrible! However this was in the news well over a week ago.
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