Profits from sales are earmarked for organizations whose services are limited to meeting the needs of pregnant women who intend to place their children for adoption. No funds may go to any agency that is involved in or associated with abortion activities. Substantial sums of money have been raised from the sale of such specialty tags for other political and public interest causes. Opponents of the Florida law have already filed suit to block production and distribution of the plates. However, state production is continuing, pending the outcome of the suit.
Opponents resent the obvious appeal being made to women through the specialty plates.
They have argued that it is inappropriate for state license plates to make political statements. All of these Florida license plates make political statements. The courts may test the law for its constitutionality, but no law should succumb to the challenge of opponents merely because they disagree politically with the legislature. The courts have no authority to legislate for a different outcome. Opposition to the Florida plates is unfortunate, but it is merely representative of a broader problem encountered daily by attorneys at the Christian Law Association.