FTA: “Mississippi’s law violates the First Amendment rights of atheists in accordance with firmly settled Supreme Court precedent,” American Humanist Association attorney Monica Miller said in a press release. The group has demanded the state either create a new standard license plate design that doesn’t include the “God” reference, or offer Mississippi residents the option of getting a different design without having to pay.

If the state doesn’t offer the nonbelievers an alternative, they’ll sue, the AHA threatened in a letter to the state revenue commissioner and attorney general.