Judge Says "JOHN316" Plate Violates Guidelines

AP ^ | 8/11/05

[fortunecookie]

So much for free speech. It's the man's car and it's not profane. And, btw, a religious man in leftie Vermont, usually outside of VT we just hear of the lefties. Bravo.

How about J3O1H6N?

[Romish_Papist]

I've got a bumper sticker on my car that reads, "RU-486, Hitler in a pill."

[mwilli20]

I think he means Ephesians 1:7 ...

[Phantom Lord]

Maybe it's just me, but I can't figure that one out. ("Assergy"? "Ass are gay"?)

Turn the orange into an O.

Ass Orgy.

[rawhide]

I remember a guy was able to get 'Jesus' put on his tag, because, being hispanic, that was his first name.

[newgeezer]

Hmm... Gotcha.

Well, I suppose that ranks right up there with "GAYSROK" or "GAYRYTS".

[Romish_Papist]

Actually, if you use the orange as an O you get A55ORGY, or A$$ Orgy.

[newgeezer]

Uh, yeah.

The "View Replies" link is our friend. :)

[newgeezer]

...and that amateur photography you mentioned in your tagline KIX A55!

[Phantom Lord]

I don't think my photography would we get past the mods!

[absolootezer0]

what's wrong with profane? there's nothing that says it can't be profane, it says:
"a combination of letters or numbers that refer in any language to race, religion, color, deity, ethnic heritage, gender, sexual orientation, disability status or political affiliation."
i don't see anything about prohibiting profanity.

[fso301]

I saw a guy a couple of weeks ago in Jacksonville, FL driving a heavily customized pickup truck with a Florida A&M University vanity tag bearing just the letters "F U".

[linkinpunk]

Was his wife's license plate FU2?

[cruiserman]

I saw this plate here in Idaho this week: GODROKS

[Chode]

John 13c

[Modernman]

If you're going to sell vanity plates, then you ARE allowing expression. I'll be interested to see how lawyers view this; to this non-lawyer, it appears blatantly unconstitutional on its face.

You are allowing expression, true, but courts have generally not given full 1st Amendment protections to the plates. There is a lot of latitude to control what goes on the plates, so long as such latitude is applied in a non-discriminatory manner.

These vanity plates are no different than if the state of Vermont owned some billboards and allowed people to rent space on them. The state could put a lot of prohibitions as to what went on those billboards.

[Ecliptic]

Thanks..Got it....!!!

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

ROTFL - I was googling to find that one...

[boojumsnark]

Seen in Illinois on a VW: DBLFW

[cryptical]

Are you under the impression that it's the government's right to forbid me from expressing my religious sentiments?

Governments don't have rights, they have powers. You're not being forbidden from expressing your religious sentiments, government is regulating the manner of expression. You're still free to proclaim your gods word to the heathens via a bumper sticker, or perhaps paint it on your car.