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Wildwood settles lawsuit over religious pamphlets

Wildwood has settled a freedom-of-speech lawsuit with a Philadelphia man who says he was stopped from handing out religious pamphlets on the boardwalk without a permit last year.

Wildwood has settled a freedom-of-speech lawsuit with a Philadelphia man who says he was stopped from handing out religious pamphlets on the boardwalk without a permit last year.

The Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal-rights advocacy group, announced yesterday that the settlement had been reached. Under the July 8 agreement with Eric Wollod, the city will no longer require individuals handing out pamphlets to have permits. It retained the right to require permits of large groups, though. The city also agreed to pay $15,500 in legal bills. - AP