(AP) -- South Carolina drivers can buy religious license plates that feature three crosses and a sunrise, 2 ½ years after a federal judge declared a previous legislative effort for the "I Believe" tags unconstitutional.
The new tags are sponsored by the nonprofit group www.IBELIEVEsc.net as allowed under state law.
A federal judge ruled in 2009 that "I Believe" tags legislators created by state law violated the First Amendment ban on establishment of religion by government. That plate featured a cross and stained glass window.
Nonprofit spokeswoman Adrian Grimes says the new tag is a nonpolitical way for Christians of all denominations to share their faith.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State sued over the 2008 law. A spokesman says the group sees no constitutional problem with these plates.
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