How the Supreme Court Reacted to This Town Allowing Politicians Bigger Signs Than Churches

The Daily Caller reports:

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Reed v. Town of Gilbert, a challenge by a church to a town ordinance regulating signs.

Like most other towns in America, Gilbert, Ariz., regulates when, where and how many signs may be displayed. Temporary noncommercial signs are classified by their content, and each category has its own set of regulations.

Real estate signs, for example, may be up to 80 square feet, and political signs may be up to 32 square feet; political signs may be displayed for four-and-a-half months before an election, including in the public right of way; and homeowners’ association event signs may be displayed for 30 days.

The Good News Community Church, which holds services at different facilities like local schools because it doesn’t have a permanent church, uses signs to invite people to their services. Because their signs include directional information (i.e., an arrow pointing to the location of the service), they may not be bigger than 6 square feet and can only go up 12 hours before their Sunday services start, meaning that the signs are posted late on Saturday night when they are hard to see in the dark.

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