South Carolina, the statistically challenged state (low positives, high negatives), once again is manipulated by opportunist politicians who use the state house as a righteous novitiate. Running for, or staying in, state office is a shake-n-bake recipe for some, that requires stirring a mob mentality among rebels and fundamentalists into an incendiary soup. The concerted campaign for the I Believe license plates depends on the unquestioned lack of discernment among our state's largest constituency. As a scion of a strong evangelical family, and native South Carolinian, I am compelled to offer my credentials of personal redemption. In other words, yes I believe too. Personally, I could not display that license plate because of my tendency to use "certain" gestures when I am driving. I have even done that on my way home from church...to one of the deacons. What is certain, and serious, is the self-centeredness of those who insist on hijacking others' rights in exchange for a little golden star of faith. How would they argue against a different group of "believers" who could rise to become the majority? Christians should not check their deductive reasoning in the church vestibule. The South Carolina state government owns part of the property that sits in everyone's driveway. The state's literal attachment to those graven images on wheels could be a rude, daily awakening to some of the faithful if the "wrong" group suddenly had their way.
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