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Bullying disguised (badly) as precaution (long reply to Jay
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com... An ex- NYer, actually. Completed the sale of my NY home and will be living in New Hampshire full time soon. Ya gotta love a state whose motto is "Live Free or Die"... With famous irony, New Hampshire used to imprison people who had religious objections to the motto and taped over it on their own license plates. The ACLU came to the rescue in Wooley v Maynard. --Gary |
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Bullying disguised (badly) as precaution (long reply to Jay
"Gary Drescher" wrote in message ... With famous irony, New Hampshire used to imprison people who had religious objections to the motto and taped over it on their own license plates. What were the religious objections? |
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Bullying disguised (badly) as precaution (long reply to Jay
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
nk.net... "Gary Drescher" wrote in message ... With famous irony, New Hampshire used to imprison people who had religious objections to the motto and taped over it on their own license plates. What were the religious objections? I don't know. From a Constitutional standpoint, though, the only issue was that they deeply disagreed with an idea that they were being forced by the government to conspicuously advertise on their own cars; their reasons for disagreeing were beside the point. --Gary |
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Bullying disguised (badly) as precaution (long reply to Jay
Actually, it wasn't about religion.
It was just a bunch of left-wing hippie wacko's who claimed that New Hampshire wasn't truly free, whatever that means. The state took action based on laws banning defacing license plates. "Gary Drescher" wrote in message ... "Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message nk.net... "Gary Drescher" wrote in message ... With famous irony, New Hampshire used to imprison people who had religious objections to the motto and taped over it on their own license plates. What were the religious objections? I don't know. From a Constitutional standpoint, though, the only issue was that they deeply disagreed with an idea that they were being forced by the government to conspicuously advertise on their own cars; their reasons for disagreeing were beside the point. --Gary |
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Bullying disguised (badly) as precaution (long reply to Jay
"Gary Drescher" wrote in message ... I don't know. From a Constitutional standpoint, though, the only issue was that they deeply disagreed with an idea that they were being forced by the government to conspicuously advertise on their own cars; their reasons for disagreeing were beside the point. So why did you say they were religious objections? |
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Bullying disguised (badly) as precaution (long reply to Jay
"Lakeview Bill" wrote in message ... It was just a bunch of left-wing hippie wacko's who claimed that New Hampshire wasn't truly free, whatever that means. It means you're forced to do things you wouldn't otherwise do. How ironic that most of the things forced on us are the products of left-wing wacko politicians. |
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Bullying disguised (badly) as precaution (long reply to Jay
"Lakeview Bill" wrote in message
... Actually, it wasn't about religion. It was just a bunch of left-wing hippie wacko's who claimed that New Hampshire wasn't truly free, whatever that means. No, you're just making that up, which is why you don't mention any source. If you looked up the case I cited, you'd see that the defendent (there was just one, not a "bunch") was a Jehovah's Witness whose objection to the slogan was explicitly religious. --Gary The state took action based on laws banning defacing license plates. "Gary Drescher" wrote in message ... "Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message nk.net... "Gary Drescher" wrote in message ... With famous irony, New Hampshire used to imprison people who had religious objections to the motto and taped over it on their own license plates. What were the religious objections? I don't know. From a Constitutional standpoint, though, the only issue was that they deeply disagreed with an idea that they were being forced by the government to conspicuously advertise on their own cars; their reasons for disagreeing were beside the point. --Gary |
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Bullying disguised (badly) as precaution (long reply to Jay
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
ink.net... "Gary Drescher" wrote in message ... I don't know. From a Constitutional standpoint, though, the only issue was that they deeply disagreed with an idea that they were being forced by the government to conspicuously advertise on their own cars; their reasons for disagreeing were beside the point. So why did you say they were religious objections? Because they were. It's a matter of record. Look up the case I cited. --Gary |
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Bullying disguised (badly) as precaution (long reply to Jay
"Gary Drescher" wrote in message ... Because they were. It's a matter of record. Look up the case I cited. But you said their reasons for disagreeing were beside the point. Do you know what your point is? |
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Bullying disguised (badly) as precaution (long reply to Jay
"With famous irony, New Hampshire used to imprison people who had
religious objections to the motto and taped over it on their own license plates. The ACLU came to the rescue in Wooley v Maynard. --Gary" You have a good memory. The case revolved around the state's contention that covering up a portion (people were using a strip of electrical tape) of the license plate was illegal. I'm not sure how it was resolved. Today, there are some who purchase licence plate holders that hide the state motto. Not me of course - I removed the plate holder as soon as I got my wheels into my garage. So its Live Free or Die on the back of my car (with the anysoldier.com hat). This leads to a question about airplanes. Its probably a stupid question, but what the hell... Old warbirds have names on the fuselage (I saw the Memphis Belle about a month ago -- that was pretty cool). Why don't small private planes have names on them? |
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