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post #1 of 16
2/11/03 at 1:39pm
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I put this in here because of the freedom of speech angle.

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]Can state governments endorse speech representing only one side of an issue as controversial as abortion? Has the state, by opening up license plates as a forum for private speech, incurred a constitutional obligation to allow speakers of every viewpoint equal access to that forum?
from <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2078247" target="_blank">http://slate.msn.com/id/2078247</a>

This thread is not about abortion but about the ability of states to create license plates that espouse a certain belief?

What do you think of this?

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License plates became a constitutional issue in 1977 when the Supreme Court decided Wooley v. Maynard, a case involving a family of Jehovah's Witnesses who had taped over the "Live Free or Die" part of their New Hampshire license plate. The Maynards claimed that New Hampshire violated their free speech rights by forcing them to broadcast a political sentiment with which they disagreed. The high court ruled that states could not force individuals to be "mobile billboards" for messages they loathed.
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post #2 of 16
2/11/03 at 1:40pm
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I think that if a state produces a plate that sets forth one set of beliefs, they should be open to printing plates that offer "equal time".
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post #3 of 16
2/11/03 at 1:43pm
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capteucalyptus (Scott Roche):
I think that if a state produces a plate that sets forth one set of beliefs, they should be open to printing plates that offer "equal time".
What? It's a fucking State slogan for crying out loud!
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post #4 of 16
2/11/03 at 2:04pm
I'll personally wait for the "Pro-Abortion" or "Pro-Death" plates to come to my state. That'll be something...

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post #5 of 16
2/11/03 at 2:57pm
[quote]Majin Kronos:
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Originally posted by capteucalyptus (Scott Roche):
[qb]What? It's a fucking State slogan for crying out loud!
Choose Life is an official state slogan?
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post #6 of 16
2/11/03 at 3:07pm
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Quote:
Majin Kronos:
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capteucalyptus (Scott Roche):
I think that if a state produces a plate that sets forth one set of beliefs, they should be open to printing plates that offer "equal time".
What? It's a fucking State slogan for crying out loud!
For the record I was not talking about Live Free or Die.
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post #7 of 16
2/11/03 at 3:25pm
Ok. I kinda thought the "live free or die" was on a flag somewhere too.

As far as the "Choose Life" one goes...where is that one again? I thought that was struck down.

I suppose anti-capitalists would hate "The Golden State" on CA's plates.
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post #8 of 16
2/11/03 at 3:26pm
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Choose Life came up again in Florida according to the article.
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post #9 of 16
2/11/03 at 5:05pm
Available for only $20 a year:
<img src="http://www.hsmv.state.fl.us/specialtytags/choose.jpg" alt="" />
I guess we're to assume that the pro-choice people get the "Choose Death" plate.

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post #10 of 16
2/11/03 at 5:09pm
Does anyone have a picture of the Illinois 'Choose Bukkake' plate?
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post #11 of 16
2/11/03 at 9:57pm
If it's the state motto (NH), no problem, but they shouldn't be turning license plates into bumper stickers. It's just stupid.
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post #12 of 16
2/11/03 at 10:50pm
It's like a pre-fab vanity plate. Not as offputting as Nevada's attempt.

<img src="http://www.flakmag.com/misc/images/mushroomplate.jpg" alt="" />
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post #13 of 16
2/12/03 at 11:30am
Jabba, that plate is an option. For the same extra $20, I could have manatees, the Challenger, or the Tampa Bay Buccaneers if I wanted to.
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post #14 of 16
2/12/03 at 11:36am
Nevada 20150.

Is that the new TV show featuring a bunch of teens in the post-apocalyptic wastelands of the future?
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post #15 of 16
2/12/03 at 12:23pm
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mastronikolas the butcher:
Nevada 20150.

Is that the new TV show featuring a bunch of teens in the post-apocalyptic wastelands of the future?
Wasn't that Roswell?
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post #16 of 16
2/12/03 at 12:50pm
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Refrozen Seabass:
It's like a pre-fab vanity plate. Not as offputting as Nevada's attempt.

<img src="http://www.flakmag.com/misc/images/mushroomplate.jpg" alt="" />
That one is actually pretty cool.
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