Comments on: Good http://www.saysuncle.com/2004/09/27/good/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:22:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Xrlq http://www.saysuncle.com/2004/09/27/good/comment-page-1/#comment-9102 Xrlq Tue, 28 Sep 2004 07:14:53 +0000 /?p=3823#comment-9102 That was my point, Manish. States can express viewpoints without giving equal time to other viewpoints. A state can produce plates urging people to conserve natural resources, without offering an alternative plate urging people to pollute to the full extent allowable by law. That was my point, Manish. States can express viewpoints without giving equal time to other viewpoints. A state can produce plates urging people to conserve natural resources, without offering an alternative plate urging people to pollute to the full extent allowable by law.

]]> By: Manish http://www.saysuncle.com/2004/09/27/good/comment-page-1/#comment-9095 Manish Mon, 27 Sep 2004 22:12:37 +0000 /?p=3823#comment-9095 According to the article, its unconstitutional based on "viewpoint" and not "religion". It should be obvious that the plate is related to the abortion debate. I'm guessing that it would have been fine had their been another plate called "Choose Choice" or something to that effect. According to the article, its unconstitutional based on “viewpoint” and not “religion”. It should be obvious that the plate is related to the abortion debate. I’m guessing that it would have been fine had their been another plate called “Choose Choice” or something to that effect.

]]> By: Xrlq http://www.saysuncle.com/2004/09/27/good/comment-page-1/#comment-9091 Xrlq Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:22:11 +0000 /?p=3823#comment-9091 Nice try, Tgirsch, but abortion is not an establishment of religion. The establishment clause has no application here whatsoever. It's not as though the plates say "Choose Lutheranism" or anything. Nice try, Tgirsch, but abortion is not an establishment of religion. The establishment clause has no application here whatsoever. It’s not as though the plates say “Choose Lutheranism” or anything.

]]> By: tgirsch http://www.saysuncle.com/2004/09/27/good/comment-page-1/#comment-9089 tgirsch Mon, 27 Sep 2004 17:53:19 +0000 /?p=3823#comment-9089 Sorry, <b>Xrlq</b>, but the government is explicitly <i>not</i> free to express religious positions, and "Choose life" has become one such position. Personally, I don't think the violation is quite as egregious as <a href="http://www.co.jackson.ms.us/DS/TaxCollectorVehReg.html#Special%20Car%20Tags" target="newwindow">Mississippi's "God Bless America" tag</a>, but the point still stands. Personally, as adamantly pro-choice as I am, I've never really understood all the hub-bub surrounding the "Choose Life" plate. It does, after all, lead off with the word "choose." If it said "mandate life," that might be different. Sorry, Xrlq, but the government is explicitly not free to express religious positions, and “Choose life” has become one such position. Personally, I don’t think the violation is quite as egregious as Mississippi’s “God Bless America” tag, but the point still stands.

Personally, as adamantly pro-choice as I am, I’ve never really understood all the hub-bub surrounding the “Choose Life” plate. It does, after all, lead off with the word “choose.” If it said “mandate life,” that might be different.

]]> By: Xrlq http://www.saysuncle.com/2004/09/27/good/comment-page-1/#comment-9076 Xrlq Mon, 27 Sep 2004 13:43:12 +0000 /?p=3823#comment-9076 Methinks the judge is a few tacos short of a combo plate. When the government "speaks," it's free to express an opinion like anyone else; it's not obligated to give equal fora to all positions or even all legal ones. Would he feel better if TN had put out another line of plates that say "choose death?" Methinks the judge is a few tacos short of a combo plate. When the government “speaks,” it’s free to express an opinion like anyone else; it’s not obligated to give equal fora to all positions or even all legal ones. Would he feel better if TN had put out another line of plates that say “choose death?”

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