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Posted February 5, 2010 on Democracy Prevails Blog by 1

ACLU Urges General Assembly to Authorize Pro-Choice License Plates

The ACLU is threatening to sue the General Assembly over vanity license plates. Here is what they have to say about the matter:

^{The ACLU of Virginia is urging members of the Virginia General Assembly to support Senate and House bills that authorize a pro-choice specialty license plate. The plate, containing the phrase Trust Women, Respect Choice, counters a law passed in 2009 authorizing a Choose Life license plate.}

^{Under recent court decisions, specialty license plates are considered to be a public forum, and in a public forum all viewpoints must be equally accepted. For the General Assembly to authorize an anti-choice plate but not a pro-choice plate violates this fundamental principle of free speech.}