The United States Postal Service has responded to an FFRF complaint by promising to prevent Jehovah’s Witness literature distribution at the Bay City Post Office in Texas.
A local complainant requested that FFRF take action to end the proselytizing practice. The Witnesses set up chairs, an umbrella and a stand with pamphlets next to the post office entrance.
FFRF Legal Fellow Madeline Ziegler objected to the situation as a violation of both postal regulations and the United States Constitution. She pointed out that regulations prohibit “tables, chairs, freestanding signs or posters, structures, or furniture of any type… on postal walkways, . . . driveways, parking lots, or other exterior spaces.”
FFRF was notified on July 12 that postmaster of the Bay City Post Office has reviewed regulations and that the regulations “will be adhered to in the future.”
