"No public speech will be allowed on the bus, which may include but is not necessarily limited to religion, politics, economics or finance." -- the 'public speech policy' for bus passengers in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.

This rule was created to prevent political grandstanding to a captive bus audience, however it is being enforced to keep Vincenza Siano and her daughter, Lucretia Bacon from having one-on-one private talks with each other on the 'taboo' subjects. Naturally, when handed a rulebook and told to shut it, the pair sued.

In typical liberal fashion, city attorney Michael Vanderburg offered the good intentions excuse. "I think they sued the wrong people and they don't understand what the policy intends to do," said Vanderburg.

Vanderburg also notes that the city doesn't run the bus service, but merely contracts it from a third party. I'm no attorney, so I don't know how good of an excuse the city actually has. However, since taxpayer funds are used to subsidize and manage the bus service, I would imagine that the city is on the hook for their policies. I would think that the policy should be removed, or the city should find another contractor.