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Oklahoma man sues state over rejected ‘LGBTALY’ license plate

The rejection prompted John Keefe to file an open records request asking for a list of all the personalized plates that were accepted and denied, but his request has been ignored by the state for two months.
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Oklahoma man sues state over rejected ‘LGBTALY’ license plate

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OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma man is suing the state after his request for a personalized license plate to support the LGBT community was rejected.

John Keefe, a married father of three and a vocal supporter of the LGBT community, filed the suit after the state tax commission denied his request in March for a personalized plate that read “LGBTALY,” saying the license plate was sexual in nature.

KWTV reports the rejection prompted Keefe to file an open records request asking for a list of all the personalized plates that were accepted and denied, but his request has been ignored by the state for two months.

According to the ACLU, STR8SXI is an existing license plate, as is STR8FAN. And Sunday night, someone snapped a picture of a license plate saying: SEXYQT.

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