Esperanza Center: Difference between revisions

'''Results of Incident:''' Initially, Esperanza continued its programming with private funds and subsequently proceeded with litigation.  In May 2001, Judge Orlando Garcia ruled that the City of San Antonio had violated the First Amendment rights of the Esperanza Center.  He found that Esperanza was penalized for expressing its viewpoint-namely the promotion of social and economic justice-through its arts program. The City's decision to remove the group's designated funding from the 1998 budget violated the Constitution's guarantees of freedom of speech. The City's decision to selectively take away all funding from Esperanza, while city funds for other arts organizations were cut only by 15%, violated the equal protection clause.  Judge Garcia also found that the city violated procedure while making its decision.

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