6/03/2004 07:37:22 AM|||Nathan Moore|||

The "Choose Life" Tennessee license plate has made national news. But is it really unconstitutional? And if it really is, why hasn't the ACLU gone after George Michael and VH1 Classic for pushing the same horrific message?

For those who do not know, the Tennessee General Assembly has adopted production of a pro-life license plate, but rejected authorization of a pro-choice plate. In effect, the legislature of Tennessee is making a political statement. It has made such a positivee statement on myriad plates, from jazz in Memphis to Lake Radnor to Vanderbilt University. So what's the problem? What are legislatures supposed to do, but make political statements?

Should the pro-choice lobby (I really hate that term - I'm going to do to them what they do to the term "pro-life"), er, the anti-life lobby, be angry that they didn't get a plate? Of course! The proper remedy is to get more anti-life members elected to the legislature, not go whine in federal court that life is "unfair." I'm going to go read the ACLU complaint now. More comments shortly.

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