Legal Commentary

Gov. Kaine Signs Bill for "Choose Life" License Plates

By Jeralyn

DNC Chair and VA. Gov. Tim Kaine may lose some support with his signing today of legislation approving "Choose Life" license plates in Virginia.

[H]is decision could echo among women's activists who are among the most powerful financial supporters of the party.

“It is surprising that Governor Kaine would do this, but it’s all the more surprising that he would do it as chair of the DNC,” said Paulette McElwain, the president of the Virginia League for Planned Parenthood.

Gov. Kaine also made this promise today: [More...]

“Furthermore, if Planned Parenthood—an organization that is already a recipient of state budget funds—or another similar organization ever chooses to seek a specialty license plate in Virginia, I believe the Constitution would require the state to approve that plate to protect against any viewpoint discrimination.”

Can someone please introduce a license plate in Virginia that says "Choose Life" at the top and "End the Death Penalty" at the bottom?

While Gov. Kaine is to be commended for his veto Friday of a bill that would have expanded the death penalty to murder accomplices, Virginia still has executed more inmates than any other state except Texas.

If you choose life, you should be against the death penalty. Period.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on March 30, 2009 (boomark / email).