"Choose Life" Okayed in Tennessee

In another silly abortion battle "Choose Life" has been okayed by the courts as a slogan people can have on their Tennessee license plates:

A federal appeals court Friday allowed Tennessee to offer anti-abortion license plates bearing the message "Choose Life."

A three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati overturned a lower-court ruling that said the tag illegally promoted only one side of the abortion debate.

"Although this exercise of government one-sidedness with respect to a very contentious political issue may be ill-advised, we are unable to conclude that the Tennessee statute contravenes the First Amendment," Judge John M. Rogers said in a 2-1 ruling.

And who was bringing this action against the state?

The plaintiffs, the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee and Planned Parenthood of Middle and East Tennessee, said they were still reviewing Friday's ruling.

Abortion-rights proponents complained the state does not offer those with other political views a similar way to express them. An attempt to create a "Choose Choice" tag failed in the Legislature in 2002.

Don't you love it when the ACLU comes out against the First Amendment? To be fair, let the pro-death crowd have their own slogan. At least you'll be able to identify them.

By the way, "Choose Life" has been approved in 12 other states, so I don't think this suit had much of a chance from the start.