Antigay ad sparks lawsuit.The far right group Focus on the Family has slapped a federal lawsuit on a Florida transit authority after advertisements for its "ex-gay" Love Won Out conference were yanked from Tampa-area bus shelters bus shelter bus n → abribus m bus shelter n → Wartehäuschen nt bus shelter n → pensilina ( . In its suit, the Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. , Colo.-based group alleges that its free speech rights were violated when a private ad firm that contracted with the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) provides public transportation for Pinellas County, Florida. The authority manages a bus system that encompasses 39 local routes and two express routes, and the Suncoast Beach Trolley. pulled the ads because of concern over the phrase "preventing homosexuality," the Orlando Sentinel The Orlando Sentinel is the primary newspaper of the Orlando, Florida region. It was founded in 1876 and is currently in its 131st year of publication. The Sentinel is owned by Tribune Company and is overseen by the Chicago Tribune. reports. The ad firm's contract with the transit authority allowed the firm to reject any material the company deemed to be "in bad taste or to be in violation of the existing laws, offensive to the moral standards of the community, false, misleading, or deceptive" or that "in any way reflects upon the character, integrity, or standing of any organization or individual." The suit doesn't seek monetary damages Monetary damages, in civil law, refers to compensation given to an injured party by a liable party. Monetary damages may be restitution, a penalty, or both. but instead asks that the transit authority be forced to run ads for another Focus conference, scheduled for this fall. |
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