Arizona church poised to win high court fight over signs

SunHerald.Com ^ | January 12, 2015 | MARK SHERMAN

[Gamecock]

A small church in a Phoenix suburb appeared likely Monday to win its Supreme Court dispute over a local ordinance that puts limits on roadside signs that direct people to Sunday services.

Liberal and conservative justices alike expressed misgivings with the Gilbert, Arizona, sign ordinance because it places more restrictions on the churches' temporary signs than those erected by political candidates, real estate agents and others.

The Good News Community Church and Pastor Clyde Reed sued over limits that Gilbert places on so-called directional signs, like the ones the church places around town to point people to its services in local schools and retirement communities.

[Gamecock]

This church is a member of the Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church, a small Reformed denomination that still adheres to the Westminster Confession of Faith.

[Blood of Tyrants]

If they had rainbows on the signs inviting gays to worship there would have never been a problem.

[BykrBayb]

Justice Samuel Alito sarcastically described how the church could erect a larger, temporary sign telling passers-by about an upcoming service. "We can't tell you where it is because the town won't let us," Alito said, to laughter. "But if you drive by here tomorrow morning at a certain time, you'll see an arrow."

LOL

[rfreedom4u]

On the way to Galveston from Houston on IH45 South there is a strip club with their sign up called

“Heartbreakers” and right behind it is a sign from a church that reads

“Jesus heals the brokenhearted.”

Good placement!

[metmom]

If they had rainbows on the signs inviting gays to worship there would have never been a problem.

Same as if it were a mosque.

Nobody'd touch it.