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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  • tek
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    I have to agree that the message on the board will only be understood by us (the non-believers) travelling by at 75 mph. If people don't see the Freedom From Religion at the bottom, I think they will interpret it in the exact opposite fashion.

    But then again, it is really for us anyway and not some conversion method. Besides, it beats the "you are going to hell" billboards everywhere else.

    - tek June 26, 2009 2:54AM

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