COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A federal judge says South Carolina can't issue license tags that show the image of a cross in front of astained glass window along with the phrase "I Believe."
U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie said in her ruling Tuesday that the license plates violate the separation of church and state.
The fight over the "I Believe" license plates started shortly after Lt. Gov. Andre (ahn-DRAY') Bauer helped push the legislation through in 2008.
Groups including Americans United for Separation of Church and State and American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee challenged the state's ability to put a religious message on a state license tag.
Currie says the case is a textbook example of the need to observe limits on the government promotion of religion.
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