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MAJOR U.S. COUNTY PAYS UP FOR CENSORING 'ANTI-MUSLIM' ADS
'Suffering from the debilitating disease of political correctness'
King County, Washington, the home to Seattle, has paid a hefty price for censoring the ads that run on its transit system’s buses, writing a check to the American Freedom Law Center for $200,000 to cover the attorneys’ fees for a lawsuit brought by Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer, and their organization.
The resolution to the case came shortly after a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gave thumbs down to King County’s censorship of an ad called “Faces of Global Terrorism.”
The years-long lawsuit is over an ad based on an image created by the State Department that previously was run on county buses in the Seattle area.
The ad was submitted to King County Metro Transit by Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer and their organization, the American Freedom Defense Initiative.
It first was rejected on a long list of grounds, including that some of its statements were inaccurate.
The statements were corrected, but King County Metro Transit still rejected it on the grounds that it disparaged some people and might disrupt the system.
Those are both lofty ideals, but unconstitutional in this case, the court ruled.
Read more at https://www.wnd.com/2018/12/major-u-s-county-pays-up-for-censoring-anti-muslim-ads/#sW8bRxDc72Z5buVd.99
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