Examiner Local Editorial: Sign ordinance incompatible with First Amendment

Government has no business dictating the content posted on an electronic sign belonging to a house of worship, but that’s exactly what Fairfax County zoning officials tried to do to the United Methodist Church of the Good Shepherd last month. Refusing to bow to this unconstitutional assault on their First Amendment rights, the Vienna-based congregation sued the Fairfax County Board in federal court on Aug. 20.