210’s makeover moving along, Why it’s so much brighter at 48 Metro stations, Metro employee dies after contracting COVID-19, Weekend road and rail: I-66, US-29 stoppages planned; Metro opening more stations, Metrobus, ART to bring back more bus service starting Sunday, Northern Virginia Metro stations to reopen ahead of schedule. Local and breaking news reports from around the D.C. region, brought to you by FOX 5, serving Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C. “The Constitution requires the government to respect religious speech, not to maximize advertising revenues. At midnight tonight, America’s doors will close to refugees. No one disputes that, if Macy’s had sought to place the same advertisement with its own website address, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) would have accepted the business gladly,” he noted. 7; Md. In fact, this Court has already rejected no-religious-speech policies materially identical to WMATA’s on no fewer than three occasions over the last three decades,” he explained. Here’s why that’s not a good thing. That is viewpoint discrimination by a governmental entity and a violation of the First Amendment. Circuit previously upheld the ban on religious messages on buses and trains and in stations as lawful and free from discrimination, The Washington Post reported.
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Meet the trekkers who helped raise over £50,000 for The Hygiene Bank This News 5 Cleveland brings you news from the Cleveland Metro area on WEWS and News5Cleveland.com. “The one thing it cannot do is what it did here — permit a subject sure to inspire religious views, one that even WMATA admits is ‘half ‘ religious in nature, and then suppress those views. A welcome sign sits at the base of the steps to the U.S. Supreme Court on December 16, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Judge bars school district from deceiving parents about student's gender transition, Pro-lifer punched in front of Supreme Court day after Amy Coney Barrett nomination, Atheist group files brief supporting Christian student's right to evangelize on campus, LifeWay sues former president Thom Rainer for breach of contract; lawsuit divides board, The presidential debate was a snapshot of America. In his dissent, Gorsuch argued that WMATA’s policy is a clear case of “viewpoint discrimination.”. “At Christmastime a few years ago, the Catholic Church sought to place advertisements on the side of local buses in Washington, D. C. The proposed image was a simple one — a silhouette of three shepherds and sheep, along with the words ‘Find the Perfect Gift’ and a church website address. While Justice Neil M. Gorsuch and Justice Clarence Thomas agree that the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. All rights reserved.
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Franklin Graham leads DC prayer march: 'Only God can fix the problems' in our nation. To enjoy our website, you'll need to enable JavaScript in your web browser. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Copyright © 2020 by WTOP. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Log in to your WTOP account for notifications and alerts customized for you. Circuit was wrong, the Supreme Court chose not to review the case because Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who was involved with the lower court’s ruling, had to recuse himself from the case. “Indeed, WMATA admits that it views Christmas as having ‘‘a secular half’’ and ‘‘a religious half,’’ and it has shown no hesitation in taking secular Christmas advertisements … Still, when it came to the church’s proposal, WMATA balked.