The problematic case is Lehman v. City of Shaker Heights; if a city
can ban political ads from a bus, presumably it can also ban religious
ads, though it may matter whether the ads are inside or outside the
bus (inside in Lehman). But I would have joined the Lehman
dissenters, and I am not confident that either the views of Justice
Blackmun for the plurality or Justice Douglas would prevail today.
Michael R. Masinter 3305 College Avenue
Professor of Law Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314
Nova Southeastern University 954.262.6151 (voice)
masin...@nova.edu 954.262.3835 (fax)
Quoting "Corcos, Christine" <christine.cor...@law.lsu.edu>:
Fort Worth. See here.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/17/us/17brfs-atheist.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
I think it may be a reaction to part of a campaign (linked to a
similar campaign in Canada) that is continuing the "Good Without
God" campaign that was launched last year. See here.
http://atheistbus.ca/
See the Atheist bus website here. http://www.atheistbus.org.uk/
Christine Corcos
Associate Professor of Law
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
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-----Original Message-----
From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu
[mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Brownstein,
Alan
Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 1:35 PM
To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics
Subject: RE: No religious advertisements on municipal buses
I saw a newspaper story a few days ago (I'm sorry, but I don't
recall all the details) reporting that a city prohibited all
religious advertising on buses because people were annoyed with
advertisements expressing a message by Atheists suggesting that
there is no G-d. Wouldn't that regulation constitute
unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination under Rosenberger and Good
News Club? I have serious problems with some of the Court's
decisions that characterize discrimination against religious
expressive activities as viewpoint discrimination. But if that's the
rule, it would certainly seem to apply in this case as well.
Alan Brownstein
UC Davis School of Law
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