Wouldn't such a policy be constitutionally valid under the ruling in Lehman v. Shaker Heights, 418 U.S. 298 (1974) (holding that advertising space on city buses is not a public forum, and upholding the city's rule forbidding political advertising, while allowing commercial advertising, on the buses)?
On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Corcos, Christine < christine.cor...@law.lsu.edu> wrote: > 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 > Associate Professor, Women's and Gender Studies Program > LSU A&M > 324 Law Building > 1 East Campus Drive > Baton Rouge LA 70803 > tel: 225/578-8327 > fax: 225/578-3677 > home page: http://faculty.law.lsu.edu/ccorcos > Feminist Law Professors (http://feministlawprofessors.com/) > Law and Humanities Blog (http://lawlit.blogspot.com/) > Law and Magic Blog (http://lpcprof.typepad.com/law_and_magic_blog/) > Media Law Blog (http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/media_law_prof_blog/) > email: christine.cor...@law.lsu.edu > > -----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 > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, > unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw > > Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as > private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are > posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or > wrongly) forward the messages to others. > > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw > > Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as > private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are > posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or > wrongly) forward the messages to others. > -- Ira C. Lupu F. Elwood & Eleanor Davis Professor of Law George Washington University Law School 2000 H St., NW Washington, DC 20052 (202)994-7053 My SSRN papers are here: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=181272#reg
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