Return to sender: No handing out tracts at Tenn. post office

ALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND NEWS RELEASE
August 1, 2011 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Return to sender: No handing out tracts at Tenn. post office

ADF files suit against USPS on behalf of man arrested by police because some may object to Christian literature

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed suit against the United States Postal Service Friday for unconstitutionally prohibiting a man from peacefully distributing Christian literature in front of the Oakland post office.  Michael Choate was arrested for “trespassing” at the request of the postmaster for handing out tracts on a public sidewalk 40 feet from the entrance of the post office.

Full news release, quotes, and related media resources available at the following link:

 

http://www.adfmedia.org/News/PRDetail/5010

Case Name:  Choate v. United States Postal Service

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