Nice to see that they do OCCASIONALLY stand up for free speech.
"A new group called “Stand For Marriage DC” has popped up now that the D.C. city council has passed and the mayor signed into law same-sex marriage. The group is a thinly veiled version of National Organization for Marriage that successfully defeated same-sex marriage in California and Maine. The organization has placed anti-same-sex advertising on D.C. Metro.
Full Equality Now DC, a Washington-based LGBT rights group, wants the ads removed on the grounds that they insult gays and lesbians and violate Metro’s nondiscrimination policies.
Stand For Marriage DC wants to put marriage equality up for a vote.
The ACLU as well as representatives of LGBT groups have sided with the anti-marriage group on the basis of free-speech.
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More details here. Another surprising thing is that the transit authority accepted the ads. Apparently the slogan is: "Let the People Vote on Marriage", so I guess it was hard to object to that.
Posted by John Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.).
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