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Article: Antigay ad sparks lawsuit.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
- Article date:
- February 27, 2001
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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. In its suit, the Colorado Springs, Colo.-based group alleges that its free speech rights were violated when a private ad firm that contracted with the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority pulled the ads because of concern over the phrase "preventing homosexuality," the Orlando Sentinel reports.
The ad firm's ...
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