Posted on 06/23/2015 8:16:14 AM PDT by GIdget2004
Virginia will begin the process to remove the Confederate flag from state-issued license plates, Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Tuesday, calling the emblem divisive and hurtful.
McAuliffe said that a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling allows states to decide which emblems to allow or not allow on license plates. He said that the decision supersedes previous federal court rulings that required Virginia to issue Sons of the Confederate Veterans plates that include the iconic image of the red flag with a blue X.
His announcement comes a day after South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley called for the removal of the Confederate flag from the grounds of the state’s capitol in Columbia.
“As Gov. Haley said yesterday, her state can ill afford to let this symbol continue to divide the people of South Carolina. I believe the same is true here in Virginia,” McAuliffe said in a statement. “Even its display on state issued license tags is, in my view, unnecessarily divisive and hurtful to too many of our people. ”
Virginia does not fly the flag of the former confederacy at its state capitol in Richmond, once the capital of the South. But in 1999, the General Assembly allowed the specialty license plates for the Sons of the Confederate Veterans. Although the legislation attempted to preclude the flag from being displayed on these plates, court rulings forced the state to allow a depiction of the banner.
McAuliffe says that he’s directed state transportation officials to devise a plan to replace these plates “as quickly as possible.”
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Texas’ refusal to issue a license plate displaying the flag and rejected a free-speech challenge. The court found that Texas can limit the content of plates because they are state property.
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You’re sitting there sticking out your tongue, aren’t ya? ;’)
You might be surprised to learn that I don't consider your response any more childish than your previous ones.
That’s my point. If people can’t deal with images on license plates, then take it all away. States do this for the extra income but all the “outrage” is getting too silly.
Here they want to rename a lake!
Lake Calhoun name change gets another look in Minneapolis
http://www.startribune.com/lake-calhoun-name-change-gets-another-look-in-minneapolis/309249161/
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