"William Saki filed a lawsuit after the application for his desired car licence plate was rejected for being "inappropriate or invalid", as were ones bearing the words "QUEER" and "HOMO", according to The Buckeye Flame. He argued that the plates would not violate any BMV guidelines, and found that plates that read "NO GAYS", "NO HOMOS" and "STR8" were listed as available."
"Saki filed a joint suit against the BMV and the Ohio Department of Public Safety, with Cyrus Mahdavi, who had been prevented from having a plate reading "MUSLIM", despite the fact that "ATHEIST" and "BAPTIST" were permitted. Judge Dan Aaron Polster dismissed the case on Thursday (10 September) after "representatives of the BMV conceded that [they] had erred in rejecting the vanity plates"."
William Saki sought a vanity licence plate reading "GAY" and had his request rejected as "inappropriate or invalid", alongside requests for "QUEER" and "HOMO". He discovered antagonistic plates such as "NO GAYS", "NO HOMOS" and "STR8" listed as available. Saki joined Cyrus Mahdavi in a suit after Mahdavi was prevented from having a plate reading "MUSLIM", while "ATHEIST" and "BAPTIST" were permitted. Judge Dan Aaron Polster dismissed the case after BMV representatives conceded their error. The BMV agreed to unlock 62,000 previously forbidden words and provide guidance to applicants.
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