Colorado Springs Transit agency in Hot Water for Censoring Religious Ads

This might be a cautionary story for some other transit groups obtainable. The "God Rides BART" campaign didn't have this problem, it appears. "The city of Colorado Springs observed Monday it's reviewing the promoting policies of Mountain Metro Transit after a local pastor turned into advised his adverts on bus benches in Colorado Springs could be barred if they use the name Jesus," reports Jake Allen.

The controversy arose after Lawson Perdue, a pastor at Charis Christian center in west Colorado Springs, "noted he changed into told if the name Jesus became allowed, hate messages would need to be allowed, too." interestingly the church had been promoting on transit benches within the city for the previous three years, but when it came to barter a brand new contract, Mountain Metro Transit tried to enforce the brand new coverage.

The city has launched a press release, quoted in full in the article, confessing that it "acted all of a sudden" and is at present reviewing its promoting coverage.