'No Religion' Billboard Taken Down After Complaints

November 26, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Star Tribune

Wire Service: AP

http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/faith/35126229.html?elr=KArks7PYDiaK7DU2EPaL_V_9E7ODiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

Complaints have led to the removal of an atheist group's "Imagine No Religion" billboard in this San Bernardino County city.

The General Outdoor sign company took down the Freedom From Religion Foundation billboard after the city said it received about 90 complaints and asked whether there was a way to remove it.

The Madison, Wis.-based foundation, which advocates separation of church and state, has billboards in eight states that include such messages as "Reasons Greetings" and "Beware of Dogma."

The foundation's co-president, Annie Laurie Gaylor, said the billboard is meant to encourage a debate about religion by evoking lyrics from a John Lennon song.