Before REnaming they have to name first. If they weren't so silly to name 666 what is to be known as supertitious number by everybody even non believers they wouldn't have to rename and waste the tax haha !
As for the bible, as I am not a believer, I can't swear, but as far as I know the prophecy says that the mark of the beast everywhere will be the sign so naming a route 666 if the parabol of THE PATH TO THE EVIL is not clear well
And since you seem to care so much about your wasted tax what about Wall Street pumping tax here:
http://www.essential.org/features/welfareforwallst.html
"New York gets to house the new NYSE for $1.1 billion. According to Good Jobs New York, a joint project of Good Jobs First and the Fiscal Policy Institute that tracks the use of corporate subsidies in New York City, this is by far the largest and most dubious corporate subsidy in New York State history."
This let me think about another possibility: renaming 666 is just a pretext for a covert financial op.
As for the bible, as I am not a believer, I can't swear, but as far as I know the prophecy says that the mark of the beast everywhere will be the sign so naming a route 666 if the parabol of THE PATH TO THE EVIL is not clear well

And since you seem to care so much about your wasted tax what about Wall Street pumping tax here:
http://www.essential.org/features/welfareforwallst.html
"New York gets to house the new NYSE for $1.1 billion. According to Good Jobs New York, a joint project of Good Jobs First and the Fiscal Policy Institute that tracks the use of corporate subsidies in New York City, this is by far the largest and most dubious corporate subsidy in New York State history."
This let me think about another possibility: renaming 666 is just a pretext for a covert financial op.
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So, don't they need to rename everything that has a "666" in it, just to be consistent, or does Satan only bother them if they're on the road? Let's see, that would include probably medicinal formulas, telephone numbers, patents, security codes...
Don't these bible people read the bible they claim to follow? That passage in the Book of Revelation says that 666 is the 'number of a man', doesn't say it's a U.S. Route number, even though it also says in the first chapter that this all symbolic anyway so why take 666 as anything literal, let alone apply it to highways numbered 666.
So without any basis other than this misapplication of scripture, the taxpayers' monies will be wasted to pay for the legislation and new signs. How come the multitude of religious leaders, theologists and clergy in these 3 states don't come forward waving their hands and saying, "No, no, no, you've got it all wrong!" On the other hand, if Satan has been terrorizing motorists for all these years, why haven't they petitioned for the name change years before? And if Satan is as monstrous as they say, how will a name change really keep him off the road? And if they do force him off the road, aren't they fearful he may just follow them home?
And a democrat's behind this "religious right" type legislation! That alone should comprise a sign of the end times.