the whole license plate thing

[juldea]

For those who aren't aware, there's a pro-life license plate available in Massachusetts now. It's been the talk of a lot of debate, and I just looked up the laws surrounding special license plate requests, and wanted to make sure the information was spread

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[juldea]

I think they are relying on the large numbers involved - $100,000 plus $60,000 and 1,500 signatures - to basically do the "approval" process for offensive content. That's certainly how the law reads.

I agree that if something racially offensive slipped past, there would be some time spent at the legislature looking at this rule. However, I'm not sure it could be legally stopped during the process. The backers would certainly have a case against the state if it were.

[gower]

That was a really lucid comment. Thanks.

[gower]

I meant, "lucid post." Darkoni, your comment was lucid too. Lucid lucid. I like to say lucid.

And misqueme.

[juldea]

:) I used "misqueme" in bed last night (well, THAT doesn't sound good, now does it) and realized that I missed a great opportunity to use it in this post. It has now been edited.

[thetathx1138]

Well, can you get 1500 people with cars to contribute $150? Because if you can, you've got your $100k.

[thetathx1138]

"What REALLY sucks is that this law isn't obvious, and there will be people who think the RMV and therefore the state government itself is promoting the Pro-Life movement. I don't know what to do about that part."

Well, I'm going to start by linking to this entry to explain to people what's up.

[juldea]

I just made the post public. Go for it.

[swashbucklr]

But now I have a good way to identify the people I am likely to have serious disagreements with.

[sparkgrrl658]

i'm sure they all already have bumper stickers or are carrying large photos on sticks of aborted fetuses.