Because the issue hasn't been settled in the SCOTUS. So if SCOTUS sides with Texas, Florida won't have to worry about a thing. They wont have to accept anything they consider too offensive.Florida currently cannot do so without being taken to court though.Florida can do that already. As can any state.
What makes you think SCOTUS would trifle with this sort of triviality?
What gives you that idea?
Again I ask -- why would SCOTUS be trifling with crap like this?
It ain't rocket surgery -- the license plate belongs to the state, not the car owner. What happens if you sell your car? You have to return the plate to the state. Therefore they make the rules of what it looks like. It isn't a forum for public discourse. Any offer they might float to make some extra money or fundraise (I have one) is just that -- an offer. It isn't a medium for "speech". All of which means the state gets to dictate what the offer is, and what it isn't.
If that were not the case, you could order a plate that says "FUCK YOU". But you can't.
That's bullshit and you know it. What will the "State" do when a gay guy wants to put "I'm queer" on a plate? Sound familiar? It's the damned cake thing all over again. If you are going to force bakers to cater to gays then so must the state.
If you are not going to allow free speech on license plates - then stop selling them to the public.
License plates are owned by the state. That's a fact. Therefore the state makes the rules. It's to regulate car registration -- not to make personal statements. And again, there's nothing stopping that car owner from festooning his bumper, his fenders, his front license plate holder, with whatever the fuck he wants. That's his land so he makes the rules there.