OPINION: FFRF Gives Alabama Its First Ever Atheist Billboard

By Freedom From Religion Foundation , Protecting Church and State Separation - June 25, 2009

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A 14x48-foot billboard emblazoned with the John Lennonesque message, "Imagine No Religion," and a stained-glass window backdrop, went up this week for one month on I-20, near the Riverside exit en route to Talladega. Drivers going to Talladega from Atlanta or Birmingham will pass the billboard, believed to be the first such freethought (atheist, agnostic) message ever placed in Alabama. The colorful billboard went up just in time for the annual "Glorious 4th" celebration in rural Talledega ... Read the Full Article
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OPINION: FFRF Gives Alabama Its First Ever Atheist Billboard
  • learnlogic
    Nice Idea

    I think this is a nice idea. There is significant presence of religious propaganda in society today, so why not offer some opposing views as long as it is peaceful? However, I believe it will largely be shrugged off by people of religion because:
    1. they will consider it only the product of atheists
    or
    2. many people do not understand that you can have faith without following an organized religion.

    - learnlogicUS June 26, 2009 7:32AM

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