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Awaiting word .............
The judge is expected to rule shortly ......
We went to court Tuesday
to argue our temporary restraining order/preliminary injunction went to
court in Boston. The American Freedom Law Center represented AFDI in
our lawsuit against the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA).
Joining us was by our local counsel Robert Snider.
Abusive
violations of our freedoms such as that perpetrated by the MBTA have
become catalysts for historical resistance and actions in the defense of
freedom.
Truth
is hate speech in the wreckage of what is left of America in the wake
of the left's decades-long war on Americanism and individual rights.
Our message is that any war on innocent civilians is savagery. 9/11 was savagery. 7/7 in London. March 11th in Madrid. The jihad against the Jews is savagery.
The Boston Marathon bombings were savagery.
"The Court Battle Over ‘Pro-Israel’ Billboards Could Be a ‘Tough Win’ For the MBTA" Boston Magazine, December 3, 2013
Watch this FOX News video: Dr Matt Sienkiewicz of Boston College discusses the case in this news segment.
Lawyers
for the MBTA railed against the demeaning nature of our ad, while
poo-pooing the demeaning and disparaging content of the anti-Israel ad
that it ran, which it took down after public outrage against its
disparaging and demeaning nature -- only to restore it.
The
AFLC's David Yerushalmi and Robert Muise argued our case masterfully
before Judge Nathaniel Gorton. The judge was well-prepared, having read
all the documents relating to the case. He sounded reasonable and
judicious.
Judge
Gorton pressed the lawyers on both sides to explain what they thought a
reasonable person would understand by the word "jihad." The MBTA's
lawyer argued that many Muslims believed jihad was an inner struggle,
and that therefore our ad demeaned all Muslims.
But
our ad is not calling those Muslims who believe that jihad is solely an
inner struggle "savages." The ad specifically says, "In any war..." So
clearly, we are talking about jihad as warfare. And as Robert Muise so
brilliantly pointed out, how would the reasonable person on the train
perceive or interpret the word "jihad," particularly in the wake of the
Boston Marathon jihad bombing that murdered three people and wounded
over 250?
Below is the $40,000 vicious anti-Israel ad campaign that the MBTA restored
It
was the MBTA that invited the debate on this issue by accepting the
anti-Israel ad. And then they turn and say our ad is objectionable? They
accepted an ad on the same subject that was so genuinely demeaning and
disparaging that it had to be taken down after numerous complaints, only
to be restored later, and then they had the audacity to reject our ad?
That is viewpoint restriction, and that is unconstitutional.
Jihad in our ad meant those who wage terrorist war against innocent civilians. That disparages no one.
We will win, and we will match what the Jew-haters buy. We need at least $50,000. Please contribute.
We are a 501C3. Or send us a check.
AFDI
Attention Pamela Geller
1040 1st Avenue #121
N.Y., N.Y. 10022
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