GAYSROK

I've hinted here before at my fascination with what people put on their license plates. Every once in awhile you read about a court case where the offensiveness of some combination of eight or fewer letters is debated. My favorite was the woman from California who had the vanity tag "PUSSY" since 1968, when pussy was still a cat most of the time, but they didn't think about trying to stop her until 20 years later. I forget if she won or lost.

Anyway, today there is another little victory for free speech. Utah resident Elizabeth Solomon won her case that her plate GAYSROK is indeed OK. "The narrow issue before us is whether a reasonable person would believe the terms 'gays are OK' and 'gay rights' are, themselves, offensive to good taste and decency. It is the conclusion of the commission that a reasonable person would not," quoth the judge.

Thank God it OK to say that other people are OK, at least in Utah. It is also true that gays ro(c)k. Well, at least lesbians rock (Butchies, Team Dresch, Bitch & Animal, Lesbians on Ecstasy -- I could go on). But that's another post.