Each state has different laws when it comes to vehicle registration. In Florida, you are given a plate at the dealership when you purchase a vehicle. It's not a temporary one but the real metal that you will have on the car forever.
I'm one of those that like to have a vanity plate to show my creativity and individuality. I'm cautious to make sure my creativity doesn't get me in trouble or too much attention.
It seems that Florida, through its normal process of cycling through alphanumeric combinations, has decided to allow the word GAY to be on of its series. Not everyone is happy about sporting the 3-letter combination.
While watching this, I was thinking are FAG, KKK, and ASS and other 3 -letter combinations not allowed but GAY is?
What are your thoughts? Is there anything wrong with the word GAY being on a license plate?
This cannot be the first time a large state has had to deal with this, but it is the only example out there on those intranets.
One comment on the video was too hilarious not to share. It read, "I would think he would be more upset with the phallic image of the state with two oranges hanging from it on the center of all Florida license plates."
When you request a vanity plate in Florida, you need to also state what the plate means. In 2011 alone, Florida said no to 1,800 request for vanity plates.
Highlights from the Sunshine State's rejects pile, with explanations and potential alternate meanings:
- BDASVET (either "Bad Ass Vet" or an homage to a desolate Russian fishing village )
- PMS MOM
- BUTT RUB
- IPASGAS (either "I Pass Gas" or an homage to a desolate Spanish fishing village)
- BIG TURD (term of endearment for family patriarchs in some communities)
- HALE NO (Revolutionary War history hater)
- HOOKER (someone who just takes pride in their job)
- FOR PLAY (should be "four play," actually)
- DRGNASS (dragon ass)
- I-FARTED (Mac user)
- COW-PADY (pronounced "cow-PUH-dee")
- BUTUGLY (pronounced "BUH-tuh-glee")
- PQRN STAR (sexy fan of fake chicken patties)
- BUELSHT (enemy of Liv Tyler's mom, Bebe Buell)
- ILUVSEX (promotes some sort of medication, too advertisey)
The legacy of these and other banned plates lives on in this Sun-Sentinel photo gallery. – gawker.com