Post by Daniel on May 3, 2015 7:57:19 GMT -5
After Judge Rules It Must Run “Killing Jews” Ad, NYC Transit Votes to Ban All Political Ads
By Ahuva Balofsky May 3, 2015
“A soft answer turneth away wrath; but a grievous word stirreth up anger.” (Proverbs 15:1)
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) voted Wednesday to ban all political or religious ads from its buses and subways, following a court ruling that it must run a controversial ad which it claimed would incite violence, The New York Times reported.
In response, the group which sponsored the contested ad appealed to the court to strike down the MTA ban, citing their First Amendment rights.
Last year, the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) took out a series of ads on New York City buses, intended to raise awareness of religiously-inspired Muslim violence towards non-Muslims.
The campaign was a parody of one run earlier by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) which strove to demonstrate that the term “jihad”, commonly associated with killing non-believers in the name of Islam, has a gentler interpretation as a “personal goal”. Three of the four ads in the AFDI campaign were accepted by the MTA, but the fourth, which included the line “Killing Jews is Worship that draws us close to Allah”, was not.
Following a ruling in late April by district court judge John Koeltl in Manhattan requiring the transit company to run the ad, the MTA board voted Wednesday to ban all political and religious ads from its system. Government and public service ads will still be accepted under the decision. MTA officials explained the recurring challenges were becoming a distraction. In 2012, the MTA lost another lawsuit to AFDI over an earlier ad.
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www.breakingisraelnews.com/38425/after-judge-rules-run-killing-jews-ad-nyc-votes-ban-political-ads-jewish-world/
By Ahuva Balofsky May 3, 2015
“A soft answer turneth away wrath; but a grievous word stirreth up anger.” (Proverbs 15:1)
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) voted Wednesday to ban all political or religious ads from its buses and subways, following a court ruling that it must run a controversial ad which it claimed would incite violence, The New York Times reported.
In response, the group which sponsored the contested ad appealed to the court to strike down the MTA ban, citing their First Amendment rights.
Last year, the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) took out a series of ads on New York City buses, intended to raise awareness of religiously-inspired Muslim violence towards non-Muslims.
The campaign was a parody of one run earlier by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) which strove to demonstrate that the term “jihad”, commonly associated with killing non-believers in the name of Islam, has a gentler interpretation as a “personal goal”. Three of the four ads in the AFDI campaign were accepted by the MTA, but the fourth, which included the line “Killing Jews is Worship that draws us close to Allah”, was not.
Following a ruling in late April by district court judge John Koeltl in Manhattan requiring the transit company to run the ad, the MTA board voted Wednesday to ban all political and religious ads from its system. Government and public service ads will still be accepted under the decision. MTA officials explained the recurring challenges were becoming a distraction. In 2012, the MTA lost another lawsuit to AFDI over an earlier ad.
continue reading
www.breakingisraelnews.com/38425/after-judge-rules-run-killing-jews-ad-nyc-votes-ban-political-ads-jewish-world/
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