Plans for by Ohio officials to begin issuing license plates with a "Choose Life" slogan on them are now up in the air after the US Supreme court let stand a lower court ruling that the plates violated the First Amendment because an equivalent pro-choice plate was not offered.
I never thought the plates were appropriate. I don't think religious or polical views belong on license plates. But that doesn't mean they violate anyone's constitutional rights.
While trying to define where to draw the line, I came up with these new Ohio plates that I think are probably needed to provide a forum for alternate points of view of existing Ohio plates.
Current plate: Cincinnati Bengals
New plate: Cincinnati Bengals Still Suck
Current plate: Cleveland Indians
New plate: Cleveland Native Americans Whose Land the White Man Stole and Abused
Current plate: Celebrate Kids
New plate: Celebrate Birth Control
Current plate: Ducks Unlimited
New plate: Peking Duck Dinners
Current plate: Future Farmers of America
New plate: Future Construction Workers Supporting Urban Scrawl
Current plate: Leader in Flight
New plate: Aviophobiac
Current plate: Ohio Cattlemens Association
New Plate: Vegetarians Unlimited
And of course...
Proposed Plate: Choose Life
Alternative Plate: Choose Death
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
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