MAN SUES OVER GA’S REFUSAL TO ALLOW PRO-GAY ’4GAYLIB,’ ‘GAYGUY’ & ‘GAYPWR’ VANITY LICENSE PLATES
An Atlanta man is suing the Georgia Department of Driver Services, contending that his rights were violated when the state rejected his application for vanity plates making reference to his sexual orientation. James Cyrus Gilbert maintains in the lawsuit that state officials rejected his application for the tags 4GAYLIB, GAYPWR and GAYGUY. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that all three vanity plates are on the list of vanity plates banned by the state, although the state has approved plates expressing some political or religious expressions. Gilbert said he wasn’t asking for a plate that was vulgar or “over the top.” “Denying someone the right to put gay on their tag, that’s political,” he said. “If I want I could get a tag that said straight man, but because it had gay on it, it’s not available.” The Journal-Constitution has more about the debate surrounding vanity plates — one that is complex, with the rules governing the messaging somewhat unclear: MORE
