They say be proud of who you are. But this lady might not be allowed to . . .
A woman in California is fighting the DMV, because they’re trying to take back the personalized license plate she got three years ago.
It says “I AM ISIS.” (!!!) Which sounds like an obvious plate you shouldn’t be allowed to have. Except, her NAME is Isis.
Isis Wharton applied for the plate in 2022, and the DMV approved it. But now they’ve come back three years later to say she can’t have it anymore.
She says her parents named her after Isis, the Egyptian goddess of motherhood, not the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. “I’m proud of my name. I’m proud that it’s on my car. And I feel like, driving around, it looks cool.” She says she’s renewed it before and never had an issue until now.
So should she be able to keep it? Or is it just a situation where maybe it’s not fair, but that’s life?
She has until September 25th to request a hearing, and says she’s planning to.
(For what it’s worth, at least one expert thinks she SHOULD be able to keep it. They think it might be protected as free speech under the First Amendment.)
(KCRA)
