RE: No religious advertisements on municipal buses

2010-12-21 Thread Marc Stern
Lupu Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 05:14 To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: No religious advertisements on municipal buses Perhaps Lehman is not such good law anymore -- only a plurality opinion, and it says the buses are not a public forum (more like a commercial

RE: No religious advertisements on municipal buses

2010-12-20 Thread Brownstein, Alan
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

RE: No religious advertisements on municipal buses

2010-12-20 Thread Corcos, Christine
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

Re: No religious advertisements on municipal buses

2010-12-20 Thread Douglas Laycock
I assume Fort Worth was relying on Lehman v. Shaker Heights (1974), which held that a bus system can accept commercial advertising and exclude all political advertising. Lehman assumed that a commercial/political line did not involve viewpoint discrimination. Alan is of course right that

RE: No religious advertisements on municipal buses

2010-12-20 Thread Michael Masinter
...@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

Re: No religious advertisements on municipal buses

2010-12-20 Thread Ira Lupu
] 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

RE: No religious advertisements on municipal buses

2010-12-20 Thread Brownstein, Alan
: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Masinter Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 12:13 PM To: religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Subject: RE: No religious advertisements on municipal buses The problematic case is Lehman v. City of Shaker Heights

Re: No religious advertisements on municipal buses

2010-12-20 Thread Ira Lupu
...@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

Re: No religious advertisements on municipal buses

2010-12-20 Thread Marty Lederman
...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Masinter Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 12:13 PM To: religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Subject: RE: No religious advertisements on municipal buses The problematic case is Lehman v. City of Shaker Heights; if a city can ban political ads from a bus, presumably

Re: No religious advertisements on municipal buses

2010-12-20 Thread Ira Lupu
-Original Message- From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Masinter Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 12:13 PM To: religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Subject: RE: No religious advertisements on municipal buses The problematic case