NC no longer offers "Choose Life" license plates

[SpeakNow]

The lack of a plate promoting reproductive freedom in the state constitutes "viewpoint discrimination in violation of the First Amendment," Senior U.S. District Judge James C. Fox said on Friday.

"The government cannot create an avenue of expression for one side of a contentious political issue while denying an equal opportunity to citizens with the opposite view," he said.

The ACLU filed a lawsuit in September 2011 after state legislators approved the "Choose Life" plate but refused to authorize voluntary license plates with abortion rights slogans such as "Respect Choice."

A portion of the money collected from the "Choose Life" plates was due to go to a private organization that funds crisis pregnancy centers in North Carolina. Legislators prohibited the money from being given to agencies that provide abortions or counsel women about them.

http://news.yahoo.com/north-carolina-ba ... 35990.html

It's about damn time this happened!

[Minerva]

[Seal]

Thank God, after the whole Amendment One issue this summer I'd lost all hope for my home state. Here's to getting a tiny shred of it back!

[Koala]

:clap: and a few more words because apparently clapping does not a post make.

[Jana814]

Soo relived!!

[PennySycamore]

This is just wonderful news!

[wtfrenchtoast]

Of course they couldn't just concede to offering pro choice plates. What's the phrase? Cut your nose off to spite your face.

[Kitty]

Finally, some sanity in that state, after the shitshow that was the last election and Amendment One.

Now hopefully those stupid Bible verse plates are next. The state would never allow "good without god" plates despite a good 10% of people there being non-theist.

[lilwriter85]

I wonder if Nate the CF husband will bitch about this on twitter.