Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life
(Design update 4/4/12) Mary Catherine Roper — senior staff attorney for the ACLU of Pennsylvania and a frequent guest on Steve Corbett’s radio show — appeared on WILK Newsradio today at the request of the host to discuss legal issues surrounding COLTS’ refusal of the NEPA Freethought Society’s really, really, really inoffensive bus advertisments. Here are some highlights of the ten […]
The Associated Press has picked up the story regarding the bus ad controversy. [Link no longer working]
(design change 4/4/12) I was recently interviewed by a writer for the Scranton Times-Tribune regarding the controversy surrounding the rejection of the “Atheists.” bus ad which were rejected by COLTS. Also included and mentioned in the article are comments from COLTS and Mary Catherine Roper of the ACLU. This is a really good one. http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/atheist-group-challenges-colts-ad-ban-1.1279600#axzz1nmHzMlp2
[This post only contains coverage on and before 2/29/12.] At the time of writing this blog post, it is quite clear that the atheist/skeptic community is excited about the proposed upcoming ‘least offensive atheist bus ad ever’ campaign and disappointed because COLTS has refused to run the ad on buses. We’re not giving up, though, […]
On the left, you can see only one sample ad for the front of COLTS buses, but on the right (in an old version of COLTS’ website) you can see multiple fronts in which one link shows the “Old Forge Times” website. COLTS is seemingly taking sample ads down from their website in order to […]