A caustic advertising campaign that has won the right to publish on public transportation in New York and D.C. is looking to come to Philadelphia. And the American Freedom Defense Initiative, the organization run by two bloggers who are critical of Islam, has won a round against SEPTA in federal court in Philadelphia.
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority’s argument that the advertisement is not entitled to constitutional protection because it is false was rejected by the judge handling the case when he excluded the testimony of the expert on Islam that SEPTA had offered. The judge held that the truth or falsity of the ad is irrelevant.
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