Questions not answered in the BBC story:
1. Does the bus service get any federal, state, or local funding or subsidies? If it does, then the practice is illegal and unconstitutional;
2. Does the bus line only serve a particular population, i.e., it does not pick up members of the public at large at regular bus stops but only provides service by subscription, for example. If it doesn't, then the practice is illegal and unconstitutional;
Religious or other factors do not apply as an exemption if the line is public and/or sudsidized by tax dollars or open to the general public...
|