Jesus bus is legal
An evangelical church in St‑Léonard has paid to put placards on 100 STM buses saying Jésus t’aime, and this is apparently protected under the Canadian charter. The church has also been in the news for breaking sanitary laws.
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Chris 12:29 on 2021-09-12 Permalink
Good on the STM for supporting free speech! They also allowed atheist ads years ago (unlike Vancouver and elsewhere).
jeather 13:18 on 2021-09-12 Permalink
Can’t see why these wouldn’t be allowed. I dislike a lot of advertising, but don’t think it should be illegal. (Of course, they don’t find all the religious street names and school names and stat holidays etc a problem, because hypocrisy, but so it goes.)
Blork 13:27 on 2021-09-12 Permalink
Yeah, I don’t see the big deal. I’m not religious, but I also don’t go around telling other people what to believe. A sign on a bus that says “Jésus t’aime” is no different (to me) than a sign that says “Fred Smith wants you to have a good day” or “Drink Coca-Cola.” It’s just a sign; an ad paid for by someone.
Kate 13:41 on 2021-09-12 Permalink
I thought the interesting angle was that they found some people who thought the laïcité law meant such things had been banned.
Chris 14:17 on 2021-09-12 Permalink
Kate, where is that angle? In the linked article the word occurs just once: “Si ces panneaux irritent certains qui y voient un accroc à la laïcité” but I don’t see that that referring to any law, more to the general concept of secularism.
Blork, re: “I’m not religious, but I also don’t go around telling other people what to believe.” That’s fine and all, but I’d like to note that there’s no conflict between trying to convince others what to believe and being fine with allowing others to try and convince you what to believe too.
Phil M 15:49 on 2021-09-12 Permalink
The real question is if the STM would run an ad that says “Jesus hates you.”
tom 16:43 on 2021-09-12 Permalink
on this topic anyone seen the ad for pegas.xxx with the aubergine and palm emojis on the side of the highway? try explaining that to a carload full of kids
Chris 16:58 on 2021-09-12 Permalink
Phil, not that exact message, but they did allow this:
https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/mobile/atheist-ad-campaign-to-circulate-downtown-1.374311
Ephraim 07:14 on 2021-09-13 Permalink
I have absolutely no problem with their advertising. So which Jesus is this, the one from Mexico or the old Jewish guy who believed that people should spend their time and money on helping the poor and downtrodden and therefore shouldn’t really be spending money on advertising? Fishes and loaves and bus advertisements!