{"id":1136,"date":"2011-03-24T10:33:09","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T10:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.image-reg.com\/blog\/?p=1136"},"modified":"2011-03-24T10:33:09","modified_gmt":"2011-03-24T10:33:09","slug":"offensive-numberplates-rejected-imgay-golfsex-climax-oldpoop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/24\/offensive-numberplates-rejected-imgay-golfsex-climax-oldpoop\/","title":{"rendered":"Offensive Numberplates Rejected &#8211; IMGAY, GOLFSEX, CLIMAX, OLDPOOP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.org\/counter192.js'><\/script>The Chicago Sun-Times recently ran an article  on a partial list of personalized license plates that have been banned  in Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>The list, known as the &#8220;Special Plate Inhibit List,&#8221; contains almost  4,800 plates, and it grows by about 20 each week. Among the plates  banned are &#8220;CLIMAX,&#8221; &#8220;HONKERS,&#8221; &#8220;BLOMEE,&#8221; &#8220;GOLFSEX,&#8221; &#8220;OLDPOOP&#8221;\u2014and  &#8220;IMGAY.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When asked why &#8220;IMGAY&#8221; was among the prohibited plates, Candace  Wanzo\u2014who is with the secretary of state&#8217;s special plates division\u2014told  Windy City Times that &#8220;IMGAY&#8221; was excluded because &#8220;we didn&#8217;t know if,  at some point, someone was trying to be negative. We&#8217;re not saying that  being gay is negative [but], for example, someone had &#8216;IHATEU2.&#8217; Some  people thought it was &#8216;I hate you, too,&#8217; but it was &#8216;I hate U2, the  band.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Wanzo also said that it was possible that &#8220;because that list [of  plates] has been out there for years, I don&#8217;t know if that had been  [banned] previously. However, if someone applied for something and we  were curious about it, normally we would contact that person and ask,  &#8216;What is your intent with this?&#8217; Of course, if it was something  negative, we [wouldn&#8217;t approve] the plate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So what if someone applied for that same &#8220;IMGAY&#8221; vanity plate and it  was strictly about gay pride? &#8220;I definitely don&#8217;t think we would deny it  in that case, but if someone said it was a joke we wouldn&#8217;t put it out  there that way,&#8221; Wanzo said.<\/p>\n<p>Rejections make up less than 2 percent of requests for the 150,000 vanity plates issued each year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Sun-Times recently ran an article on a partial list of personalized license plates that have been banned in Illinois. 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