Fairfax sign ordinance nullified

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A federal judge has signed a court order that nullifies a Fairfax County ordinance that limits the number of messages that can flash across an electronic sign located within county limits.

The ordinance, which previously limited electronic signs to two messages a day, had recently come under fire from residents after a Vienna-based church sued the county for restraining its free speech rights and placing a burden on its free exercise of religion.

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