Billboards Shunning Religion to Appear in Atlanta
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Updated: 7:31 AM Sep 9, 2010
Billboards Shunning Religion to Appear in Atlanta
A Wisconsin-based group plans to put up billboards advocating the separation of church and state all over metro Atlanta.
Posted: 7:31 AM Sep 9, 2010
Reporter: AP
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Atlanta, Georgia (AP) --

A Wisconsin-based group plans to put up billboards advocating the separation of church and state all over metro Atlanta.

The Freedom from Religion Foundation tells The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution the 50 billboards shunning religion will stay
up for a month. They include messages such as "Imagine No
Religion" and "Sleep In On Sundays."

Foundation co-president Annie Laurie Gaylor says the group --
which includes atheists, agnostics and skeptics -- hopes to increase
its visibility. She says she believes religion causes more harm
than good.

Foundation members are paying for the billboards, but Gaylor
wouldn't say how much they cost.

The foundation has 270 members in Georgia and more than 16,000
members nationwide.

Latest Comments

Posted by: SOMANYFOOLS Location: Peach State on Sep 11, 2010 at 02:15 PM

Hey, Ms., Miss, or Mrs. Gay-lor: You know what you can do with those billboards, right?
Posted by: SuperJames Location: Tally-ho on Sep 11, 2010 at 09:21 AM

Everybody has a right to believe, or not believe, anything they want, agreed? Personally, I do not believe in any of the religions I have been exposed to. That being said, I'm not sure what the point of these billboards is, other than to get people all stirred up and arguing with one another. I find this idea to be in poor taste, and regret that these folks have decided to do it. We should all just leave each other alone when it comes to matters as personal as religion (or sexual orientation, or...?).
Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 9, 2010 at 02:49 PM

this world sorely needs a reset
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