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North Carolina can print 'Choose Life' license plates, appeals court rules
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North Carolina can print 'Choose Life' license plates, appeals court rules
Quote:North Carolina can issue specialty vehicle license plates with anti-abortion slogans while refusing to also produce tags that offer pro-abortion rights views, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.

In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals said North Carolina can issue license plates bearing the statement "Choose Life." The General Assembly in 2011 passed legislation allowing the anti-abortion expression while rejecting requests to also issue tags saying "Respect Choice" or similar abortion-rights phrases.

The same appeals court two years ago had said the General Assembly's actions discriminated against differing viewpoints and was unconstitutional. That was before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a Texas case last year that specialty license plates represented government speech, allowing Texas to reject a proposal for tags featuring a Confederate battle flag.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/03/...tcmp=hpbt2
03-10-2016 02:52 PM
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RE: North Carolina can print 'Choose Life' license plates, appeals court rules
they're everywhere in the 'sip....

and regardless that I'm pro-choice, I always pay homage to that.....

there are always reasons that things need to happen on both sides of the coin...its why two is always better than one....
03-10-2016 03:11 PM
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RE: North Carolina can print 'Choose Life' license plates, appeals court rules
The issue is the process by which the state decides what makes it onto license plates, not what ends up on them.
03-10-2016 03:28 PM
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