UVA’s statement and definition on HAZING:
Hazing
Pressuring a potential new member or a new member to do anything against her/his will. Hazing is STRICTLY PROHIBITED and IS NOT tolerated at the University.
Apparently the ‘Hoo statement was not embodied by all because 2 charters have just been pulled by UVA because of hazing. People just assume the banned fraternities are minority frat houses. Such is not the case. One of the fraternities was a founding charter member.
Huffingtonpost.com:
A New Jersey woman who says she was denied a license plate referencing atheism filed suit this week, claiming her online application was rejected because it was deemed potentially offensive.
Shannon Morgan, of Maurice Township, said in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday that the Motor Vehicle Commission violated her First Amendment rights when its website rejected the plate reading “8THEIST.” She said she received a message stating that her vanity plate request was ineligible as it “may carry connotations offensive to good taste and decency.”
Morgan then filled out the online application using the phrase “BAPTIST” as a test, which the website accepted. Morgan claims in her lawsuit that she sent the agency a letter of complaint by registered mail and made several attempts to contact them by phone, all of which went unanswered.
What’s New Jersey’s problem? I disagree that the plate is offensive. The plate message refers to the car owner and isn’t trying to recruit or shove its message down anyone else’s throat. It isn’t close to being off-color nor does it contain sexual or profane language.
Does New Jersey now mandate that people believe in a deity? Afraid that might violate the Constitution. They deserve to lose this court challenge. Somehow I don’t think it will get that far. Perhaps this time their DMV system will get it right.
