‘ILVTOFU’ License Plate: DENIED

DENVER – The Colorado Department of Revenue rejected a woman’s request for a license plate professing her love of tofu over concerns that it could be seen as obscene.

Officials said Kelley Coffman-Lee’s request for a personalized plate with the phrase “ILVTOFU” was rejected due to concerns that it could be misread as “I-LV-TO-F-U,” KMGH-TV, Denver, reported Wednesday.

Coffman-Lee said she has been a vegetarian for 13 years and a vegan for the past four.

“I love tofu; it doesn’t mean anything bad,” Coffman-Lee said of her license plate request. “I’m very expressive, I’m anti-fur, anti-rodeo, anti-circus when they come to Denver and I thought here’s a chance to be positive and say I love something.”

“Tofu is a word, I haven’t said anything bad. I think it’s crazy they denied it,” she said. “It’s not a dirty, evil food. It’s very wholesome.”

Mark Couch, spokesman for Colorado Department of Motor Vehicles, defended the decision to reject the plate.

“We have nothing bad to say about (Coffman-Lee’s) love of tofu,” he said. “We’re concerned about others who may misread the plate.”

WHO CARES IF OTHERS MISREAD THE PLATE? WHERE ARE WE AT IN SOCIETY?? HONESTLY, THE WOMAN LOVES TOFU, LET HER TELL THE WORLD!! ANY LICENSE COULD BE MISCONSTRUED TO MEAN SOMETHING ELSE.. FREEDOM OF SPEECH…IT DOESN’T EXIST.

ANYHOW HERE ARE SOME OTHER LICENSE PLATES THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR THE ROAD, THAT SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE MIGHT FIND OFFENSIVE… LET’S GET THESE HOOLIGAN’S OFF THE ROADS!!!