Warbling of a meadow lark, moonbats in Vermont

The state of Vermont has ended a years-long legal dispute with a man who has been fighting for the right to display a reference to one of the Bible's most famous passages on a vanity plate. The state won't ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court decision that said Shawn Byrne of West Rutland must be given the license plate "JN36TN," a reference to John 3:16. In a settlement dated Monday, the state also agreed to pay Byrne's $150,000 in legal fees and allow other Vermonters to have religious-themed license plates. (Burlington Free Press, 1/15/11)

RedStateVT wonders if Vermont would have spent $150k fighting this if the applicant wanted a license plate with an atheist theme, or a Muslim-inspired theme. Meanwhile, see below for more Vermont justice.

A man whose light sentence for child sex abuse generated national controversy in 2006 is seeking release from prison. Mark J. Hulett appeared in Vermont Superior Court in Burlington on Friday to satisfy a condition in his sentence that he obtain approval from the court prior to going free. Judge Michael Kupersmith said the matter should be decided by the Corrections Department and referred it back to them, Chittenden County State's Attorney T.J. Donovan said. The case drew heated public comment in 2006 after Hulett was convicted of sexually assaulting a pre-teen girl repeatedly between 2001 and 2005 and was sentenced to 60 days by now-retired Judge Edward Cashman. The judge justified the sentence on the grounds that Hulett, of Williston, was not eligible for sex offender treatment in prison and could access services more promptly in the community. After public outcry, the sentence was revised to three to 10 years. (Burlington Free Press, 1/15/11)

Three years for raping a child for four years.

RedStateVT asks……
The Left wanted to blame the Arizona murders on right-wing political rhetoric. Now with that discredited they want to talk about gun control. Lost in all this is the apparently indisputable fact that the killer was a pothead. Why don’t we talk about the role of marijuana in these killings? Seems that there is much more to talk about than right-wing hate speech. Of course, that would upset terribly all those on the Left who are working hard….to legalize pot.