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http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/02/09/atheist-billboard-taken-down/
http://friendlyatheist.com/2008/02/09/atheist-billboard-taken-down/
The Freedom From Religion Foundation had signed a contract with Kegerreis Outdoor Advertising LLC to put a billboard in the Chambersburg, Pennsylvania area, rotating about three different locations.
This is the billboard that was up:
This is the billboard that was up:
Now, that billboard has been taken down. The original location now has a billboard that reads like this:
If you can’t read it, the fine print says “The previous sign posted at this location does not reflect the values or morals of our company. Thank you.”
I’m not sure what was so offensive about the FFRF’s bilboard. It merely posed a hypothetical.
And who would be so ignorant as to see a billboard promoting something and assume the billboard company was tacitly endorsing the product (or ripping down another)? (”That billboard is for Sprint?! The company must hate Verizon…”)
What was the reason for the takedown?
Dusky A. Chilcote, senior account executive for Kegerreis Outdoor Advertising, Chambersburg, said the sign was posted Monday as the older sign, with the words, “Imagine No Religion,” was being removed.
“We received only a couple of negative calls about the (first sign),” Chilcote said on Monday. “We were concerned about the impact of how people see our company.”
Chilcote, a Christian, said she was personally hurt by the deception of the sponsor, who allegedly led her to believe the sign was presented by a local church.
She said in December that the sponsor of the billboard had contacted her and said “their desire was that people would have the freedom to walk into any church they choose.”
I’m not sure what was so offensive about the FFRF’s bilboard. It merely posed a hypothetical.
And who would be so ignorant as to see a billboard promoting something and assume the billboard company was tacitly endorsing the product (or ripping down another)? (”That billboard is for Sprint?! The company must hate Verizon…”)
What was the reason for the takedown?
Dusky A. Chilcote, senior account executive for Kegerreis Outdoor Advertising, Chambersburg, said the sign was posted Monday as the older sign, with the words, “Imagine No Religion,” was being removed.
“We received only a couple of negative calls about the (first sign),” Chilcote said on Monday. “We were concerned about the impact of how people see our company.”
Chilcote, a Christian, said she was personally hurt by the deception of the sponsor, who allegedly led her to believe the sign was presented by a local church.
She said in December that the sponsor of the billboard had contacted her and said “their desire was that people would have the freedom to walk into any church they choose.”
