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They can't? I thought everyone with conscious mental ability could get married once they turned 18 and their intended spouse was of the opposite sex and not a sibling.
I have to go with free speech on this one. Shame the article didn't have any pics as I'd be curious to see the truck. I'm also interested in seeing what the CV plate looks like. I wonder if VA is near FL in the different style plates offered.
Oh how ironic. Eight has always been my lucky number and I always use it as often as possible. Heil.
Freedom of speech gives you the freedom to be an obnoxious jerk but it does not obligate the state to be complicit in delivering the message. He can exercise his free speech by putting it on the back of the truck himself. The state's unwillingness to do it for him doesn't interfere with his right to do so.
Exactly. There are arguments for and against it.
From what I've read, most First Amendment experts say if it goes to court, the guy will probably win because the Supreme Court has upheld plates as personal expression before, but that it is by no means a foregone conclusion.
Freedom of speech gives you the freedom to be an obnoxious jerk but it does not obligate the state to be complicit in delivering the message. He can exercise his free speech by putting it on the back of the truck himself. The state's unwillingness to do it for him doesn't interfere with his right to do so.
Yup. States have reserved the right to disallow vanity plates on 'taste' and other subjective 'offensive' grounds. If subtle (and relatively innocuous IMO) sexual innuendo has been rejected/banned before, why would hate speech suddenly change the scenario?
What are you talking about? I was pointing out that the government can and does place limits on things. Not everyone can get married, which you seemed to disagree with yet proved in your very own post.
Not every license plate is going to get approved, either.
I just noticed from the pic that he's parked in a handicapped space. A mental disability, perhaps?
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