“Choose Life” License Plate Ruled Unconstitutional in North Carolina

A federal judge has ruled that North Carolina’s “Choose Life” license plates are unconstitutional because no abortion rights equivalent is offered, reports Joe Sutton of CNN. “This is a great victory for the free speech rights of all North Carolinians, regardless of their point of view on reproductive freedom,” said Chris Brook of the ACLU. “The government cannot create an avenue of expression for one side of a contentious political issue while denying an equal opportunity to citizens with the opposite view.” 

Read at CNN

© 2011 Religion & Politics