jillian
Princess
holy smokes. these people won't be satisfied until they take away all OUR RIGHTS in this country
drip drip drip all over some freaking flag
If you want a rebel flag on your car, slap it on the bumper. Or in the back window. Or fluttering from your radio antenna. Paint it on the roof like the General Lee.
You have every freedom to express yourself. What you can't do is force the State to express your beliefs.
Right, but the state can force a baker to express your beliefs, right?
Anyone engaged in commerce is subject to PA laws. Most PA laws don't express my beliefs.
A license plate isn't commerce.
Actually custom plates are commerce, the state makes a profit on them over and above normal fees.
that doesn't quite make them commerce.
it's a pretty narrow decision. it doesn't affect free speech rights of individuals, it affects the ability of individuals to force the state to place its imprimatur on something that the state doesn't wish to be associated with.
if someone wanted to put "allah Akbar" or "death to the infidel" on their license plate and force the state to do that, would you take the same position?