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Atheist Group Wins Battle To Put Ads On City Buses

By Rachel Agler

Atheist Group Wins Battle To Put Ads On City Buses

June 18, 2010 Updated Jul 28, 2009 at 8:00 AM EST

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - An atheist group can post "You can be good without God" ads on Bloomington city buses.

An agreement announced Monday evening at the Bloomington Public
Transportation Corporation's building ends a federal lawsuit filed in May by the Indiana Atheist Bus Campaign.

The Herald-Times of Bloomington says the agreement allows the group to pay standard rate for the ads, which they can post as often, and on as many buses, as they choose.

The transit corporation also agreed to reimburse the ACLU-Indiana for a significant portion of their legal expenses. The transit corporation previously said the proposed ads violated its advertising policy, which bans statements for or against "controversial public issues."

Transit corporation officials were not immediately available for comment.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)



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