D.C. Metro Bans 'Issue' Ads After Pamela Geller Submits 'Draw Muhammad' Cartoon

posted on: May 30, 2015

Washington, D.C.’s transit authority has squashed Pamela Geller’s dream of plastering a controversial image of Muhammad all over Washington-area Metro stations and buses.

According to news reports, Geller’s organization, the American Freedom Defense Initiative, had submitted the $10,000 winning cartoon from a “Draw Muhammad” competition to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority with the caption “Support Free Speech.” The contest was attacked by two shooters in Garland, Texas, earlier this month.

WMATA confirmed to The Hill that it is banning all “issue-oriented” ads for the rest of the year — meaning no ads that convey religious or political messages will be allowed on the transit system.

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com