claim: Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill approving a "Hail Satan" license plate tag.
origin: On 6 July 2017, theÂ Chattanooga Bystander published a report that Tennessee lawmakers had approved a bill to create a â€œHail Satanâ€ license plate tag: < After Tennessee legislators passed a bill to allow residents to getÂ license plates that bear the phrase â€œIn God We Trust,â€Â in the interest of religious diversity, other plates were made available that bear other religious phrases, including â€œShalom,â€ â€œNamaste,â€ â€œPraise Jahâ€ and â€œHail Satan.â€ â€œItâ€™s only fair,â€ said State Senator Brody Printrip. â€œWe should celebrate our diversity.â€ > The Chattanooga Bystander is an entertainment web site that publishes satirical content. Â Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill allowing the phrase â€œIn God We Trustâ€ to appear on license plates, but this law did not create other religious tags available, such as â€œHail Satan.â€ TheÂ Associated PressÂ reported on the â€œIn God We Trustâ€ licence plates in May 2017: < Republican Gov. Bill Haslam has signed a bill creating a new Tennessee license plate design featuring the phrase â€œIn God We Trust.â€ The original version of the bill would have required the phrase to be printed on all license plates issued in the state. But after the state attorney general raised constitutional concerns, sponsors agreed to make the make the new design optional. > The Chattanooga Bystander carried a disclaimer at the bottom of the site labeling all of its content as fiction: < This site is satire, fiction, and intended only for those age 18 and over. Names used in articles are fictional, unless those of public figures or entities as the subject of satire. >