A Tacoma woman says she feels violated by a complaint about her vanity plate. It simply reads: "John 3-16"

But someone found the Bible verse offensive and now the state is deciding whether she can keep the plate.

"The verse in the Bible says 'For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son,' " says Jane Milhans.

To her, John 3:16 is a message of love, and a great vanity plate. But now, someone has told the state Jane's plate is offensive.

"My first reaction was I was in shock," she said.

Jane says she's had the plate for 21 years without a single complaint.

"It's not profane, it's not bigotry, it's not hatred, it's not evil," she says.

But Brad Benfield with the State Department of Licensing said, "It appears from the complaint that somebody was not happy that a state issued license plate had a religious component."

A Pierce County woman made the complaint, which reads in part: "I was offended that I have to be 'prayed over' by a license plate... What happened to keeping church and state separate?"

We tracked down the woman who lodged the complaint, and she declined an on-camera interview. She says frankly, she's dismayed the state didn't keep her complaint anonymous.

"A lot of people view this as a waste tax dollars to go through this process," Milhans said.

Now Jane says she'll have to defend her plate in front of a review committee, who will decide if she can keep it.

Benfield admits just one complaint can trigger a review.

"We're always interested in finding out if one slipped through the cracks," he said.

They caught one last year. "GOT MILF" was thought to be a play on the milk commercials. It turned out to be a sexual reference to good looking moms.

The state cancelled the plate.

But Jane Milhans vows they won't cancel hers.

"I will defend to keep it based on free speech," she said.

She says she'll fight to spread her message of love.

Last year, the state handled complaints about 16 vanity plates. They canceled four of them.

We should find out next month if Jane can keep hers.