The Washington (DC) Times, 6/3/19:
Supreme Court rejects appeal to run Prophet Muhammad ads on D.C. Metro system
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a right-wing provocateur who had sought to post throughout Metro advertisements depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
Pamela Gellar and her organization, American Freedom Defense Initiative, had argued that Metro’s refusal to run the ads violated the right to free speech.
The “Support Free Speech” ads Ms. Gellar intended to run included a drawing of the Prophet Muhammad that was the winning entry in an art contest her organization had sponsored.
Islam forbids any depiction of Muhammad, the religion’s founder.
Metro rejected the ads, citing its 2015 policy banning all issue-oriented advertising.
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. District ruled against Ms. Gellar, deciding that Metro is not a public forum and its issue-oriented ban is acceptable because it doesn’t discriminate against a particular viewpoint.
The Supreme Court justices declined to hear the case without comment, but the issue isn’t going away soon.
The Archdiocese of Washington also has appealed to the high court, challenging Metro’s refusal to run an ad during the Christmas season on the religious meaning behind the holiday. . . .
More here.