According to the article any group in South Carolina can design their own plate, as long as they put up the money for it.
As far as I can tell it sounds like a pretty fair program. The state is simply giving individuals and groups a unique medium for expressing their beliefs.
As far as I can tell it sounds like a pretty fair program. The state is simply giving individuals and groups a unique medium for expressing their beliefs.
I read that, and it seems fair enough. However, I can imagine some messages being deemed inappropriate, and some actually being inappropriate. Who will judge, and who will draw the line? In that regard, I would think that it is in the state's best interest to chuck the idea and let people address these issues with bumper stickers and magnets.