Who has the last say anyways?

So, I was reading a article online about vanity plates. Vanity plates are unique license plates that allow you to personalize your  plate. I have always believed that as long as the plates had no vulgar meaning or hate filled words, and were not currently being used by another individual that you could pretty much put whatever it was on a plate. Then I found this article in " The Atlanta Journal-Constitution," So now I am sure there are limits to what people can have on their vanity plates, but is it fair? In my personal opinion I do not see this whole approval/denial format to be free what so ever! To be quit honest it was insulting what Mr. Gilbert had to go through when he tried to personalize his plate. It is not only denying him his freedom to express himself for whom he is but it also is a way of silencing his speech. So why do we still have such bias individuals making these decisions on what can be plated and what is not allowed to plated? We are in the 21st century now! There comes a time when people need to get over what once was thought to be a adequate mind set on how society should be! Why is okay to approve DRBIBLE but not BIBLE?? They both are non-harming or hateful, but yet one was approved to be a vanity plate and the other was denied due to its religious form?? What is wrong with GAYPWR or GAYGUY?? I mean this individual was only trying to express to all who he is, that he is proud to be himself and that he deserves every right as the next guy does. How are political views still being allowed to influence our decisions? I can understand if something being requested is hateful, vulgar, or inappropriate, But these do not come any where near to these ones. I mean it is not anything new anymore, maybe in the 80 or even 90 is was rare to see or looked down on. Now it has become something normal, You say same sex relationships all the time. So I support Mr. Gilbert's views and what he is doing to make sure he is able to use his rights. 



Cited Work

Pell, M.B. "ISUE4U: Georgia Sued over Banned Vanity Plates."Http://www.ajc.com/news/news/isue4u-state-sued-over-banned-vanity-plates/nT3th/. N.p., 21 Jan. 2013. Web. 27 Feb. 2014. <http://www.ajc.com/news/news/isue4u-state-sued-over-banned-vanity-plates/nT3th/>.