Roller Coaster Capital of the World on new Ohio plates?

I just went to vote for this slogan, and it's gone! "Roller Coaster Capital of the World" isn't on the voting list anymore!

I just used the "What does Ohio mean to you" option.

I also voted just now and that option is not one... What the hell! I still voted for it. i wrote it in the space provided. Wonder why they removed it.....

Probably because they had a low amount of votes for it. They should make that an option in the future though. What I mean is If you want to buy plates, they may ask you what do you want it to say above the license itself? Then I would choose Roller Coaster Capital of the World. :)

Shawn Meyer said:
Probably because they had a low amount of votes for it.

That's probably almost the exact opposite reason. :-)

My guess is that too many out of state people started voting just to see the coasters win. I think that happens a lot now with local polls like this that have some of huge fan base that might take interest.

In my opinion, I really think that if Ohio can be recognized as the Rubber Capital of the World, it can just as well be recognized as the Roller Coaster Capital of the World, too.

"Roller Coaster Capital of the World" finished in 4th place:

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2012/01/ohio_license_plate_slogans_god.html

About three-quarters of the nearly 400,000 responses the state received contained the word God, with most of those settling on Ohio's motto, "With God, all things are possible."

Do Ohioans not understand the concept of separation of church & state? Hopefully the Ohio DMV does.

The whole country doesnt apparently.

It's the state motto (and hardly unique to Ohio). Do you really expect the Department of Motor Vehicles to make constitutional judgements on the state's motto?

And while I cringe at the thought that I might be extending what is sure to become a painful political and religious discussion, it's worth pointing out the legal term, ceremonial deism.

It not being unique doesn't really make it acceptable, at least in my opinion.

And while I'm familiar with ceremonial deism, I don't agree with it, and feel that the concept will, in time, be rightfully abandoned.

The first amendment reads:"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. "

I don't see how putting that on a license plate violates any of these laws. Most people have a very clouded view as to what "separation of church and state" means thanks to the media use of it in the wrong context almost every time.

True, though I imagine if the Ohio license plate read: Deities Are Imaginary and Silly, people would be coming out of the woodwork to complain. I suppose my point is that it's a double standard. That the double standard is currently accepted by society doesn't necessarily justify it.

It seems Ohio has a lot more God enthusiasts than coaster enthusiasts.

Ohio is just following the federal example. Examine any piece of U.S. currency and you'll see God is there as well. ;)

Walt said:And while I cringe at the thought that I might be extending what is sure to become a painful political and religious discussion, it's worth pointing out the legal term, ceremonial deism.

Doesn't mean it can't be a civilized discussion......though it definitely has no place in a coaster forum. :)

I, personally don't see it as a big deal despite my views. A license plate is no more correlated to the state and the views of it's people than a bumper sticker is. That is unless the license plate points out a blatant fact regarding the states history or otherwise.

Maybe if the option to choose "Roller Coaster Capital of the World" wasn't removed from the list, it wouldn't have came in 4th place! Cheaters. :)

TTD 120mph said:
A license plate is no more correlated to the state and the views of it's people than a bumper sticker is.

In my view, that depends on whether or not tax revenue is used to fund this sort of stuff. I'd like to think that an atheist has the right to not fund anti-atheist activities just as much as a theist would have the right to not fund anti-theist activities.

True, but nothing's stopping me from "altering it" at my will. It's only thin metal right? ;)