[NYTr] "Imagine No Religion" Billboard Debuts in Atlanta Area Nov. 25!

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Freedom From Religion Foundation - Nov 21, 2007
http://www.ffrf.org

"Imagine No Religion" Billboard Debuts in Atlanta Area Nov. 25!

Nov. 21, 2007

(MADISON, WIS.) The Freedom From Religion Foundation, which is the
nation's largest association of freethinkers (atheists and agnostics)
and has many members in Georgia, is unveiling a new nontheistic
billboard in the Atlanta area later this month.

The whimsical full-color 14x48-foot billboard message mimics a
stained-glass window and suggests: "Imagine No Religion." The billboard
includes the Freedom From Religion Foundation's name and its website,
ffrf.org.

The Foundation placed its first billboard in Madison, Wis., in October,
employing the same stained-glass motif but bearing the message: "Beware
of Dogma."

"Our goal is to put up a freethinking billboard somewhere in every
state," says Annie Laurie Gaylor, Foundation co-president.

"We are pleased to choose Georgia as the second state, thanks to
enthusiastic response from area FFRF members and the Atlanta
Freethought Society, who did the legwork and made contributions. With
the Governor of Georgia appearing to mix up his job with that of
'preacher in chief,' we think it's important that the views of
Georgia's many nonreligious citizens be advertised."

"We don't go to Mass, but we still want to reach the masses," adds Dan
Barker, Foundation co-president. "Many of our members are offended by
the ubiquitous 'Message from God' billboards, and want to promote
reason on the roadsides."

The message will go up on Nov. 25 on a Lamar billboard and stay up
through Dec. 25 on the West side of Peachtree Industrial Blvd, facing
North, 1/2 mile north of the South Berkley Lake Road crossing in
Norcross, Ga.

"We thank FFRF member David Driscoll for his help, and the wonderful
people at the Atlanta Freethought Society who contributed generously
toward this billboard display," Barker and Gaylor said.

Contact Annie Laurie Gaylor or Dan Barker at 608/256-8900. Local
contacts: FFRF member David Driscoll: Cell Phone 703-628-9616;
770-418-9534 (evenings). FFRF Life Member Ed Buckner, officer of The
Atlanta Freethought Society, 404-284-3478, ext.114.


Freedom From Religion Foundation
PO Box 750 * Madison, WI 53701 * (608) 256-8900
http://www.ffrf.org

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