Florida's legislature is set to consider authorizing this state issued license plate:
Here's a link to the story:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/24/license.plate.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
What do you think?
Here's a link to the story:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/24/license.plate.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
What do you think?
5 comments:
Tennessee has got one with a big ol' American Eagle and in big ol' letters, GOD BLESS AMERICA.
I figure the ACLU knows better than to go down there and mess around with some good ol' boys.
There's another one - "In God We Trust" - and I think those two have survived because of their overall cultural/historical ties (on the currency, a traditional song). This one is a more of a statement of belief, which I fear will run afoul of the establishment clause. Which is a shame.
It's the South, so Florida will pass it, then the ACLU will raise a seperation of Church/State issue, and the other faiths will raise a stink because there isn't a plate 4 them.
I don't have a "problem" with it, at least not legally.
But I would advise against it, because a) no one needs another lawsuit and b) I don't think we want to see "Pride", "Pagan", "Wiccan", "Try Scientology!", etc. plates.
That's what bumper stickers are for.
Let's stick to the point of license plates: to allow cops to easily identify the state of origin, county of origin (like normal FL tags), and characters on a tag.
FL has over a hundred plates, I think.
I'd hate to be a cop there - "What kind of plate was on the shooter's car?!"
"Uhhhhh, I don't know!"
"But it was RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU!"
I second Ma Beck. Let's go back to basic two-tone plates. A cop should be able to ID a plate with a glance. We just don't need all those affinity plates, plates with amber waves of grain, yadda yadda.
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