A ban on adverts from religious groups on public transport in DC has been upheld
Last Tuesday, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) had the right to ban advertisements on buses and trains from religious organisations, even if the adverts themselves are not overtly religious.
The suit was initiated last Christmas, when the WMATA refused to run an ad from the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, DC. It depicted a group of shepherds on a hill with the caption “Find the perfect gift”. Viewers were invited to visit FindThePerfectGift.com, which listed (among other things) Mass times and instructions on how to make Advent wreaths.
