Pro-life banner elicits complaints

[rug]

Local and provincial atheist groups say this banner, hanging on city poles, violates the city's own banner policy, which prohibits religious and controversial signage. City lawyers disagree. ANDREA KLASSEN PHOTO/KTW

By Andrea Klassen - Kamloops This Week
Published: October 11, 2012 12:00 PM
Updated: October 11, 2012 12:51 PM

A pro-life banner flying on city-owned poles is meeting opposition from local and provincial atheist groups.

The banner includes silhouettes of a baby, young girl and elderly woman standing under a tree and includes the phrases: "one life can make a difference" and "protect human life week."

It went up downtown on Tuesday, October 2, and will hang on the North Shore over Tranquille Road until Oct. 16.

Bill Ligertwood of the Kamloops Centre for Rational Thought sees the banner as a clear violation of city policy on street banners, which states they may not "promote political parties or points of view, religious points of view, commercial ventures, controversial issues or other content that contradicts the human rights codes."

http://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/news/173753291.html

[DURHAM D]

1. What state?

I won't open this type of OP without knowing what state it is.

[rug]

3. The Province of British Columbia, Canada.

[DURHAM D]

5. And all of this time I thought Canadians

were more rational than us...

[rug]

6. Eh.

[cbayer]

2. While not overtly religious, that seems like it clearly violates their own ordinance.

[rug]

4. The cited ordinance also prohibits banners promoting political views.

[cbayer]

7. and controversial issues., which this clearly is.

[EC]

8. Well, putting it there makes it

look more like a drive safe banner.

[rug]

9. Lol, that it does.