[NYTr] First-Ever Nontheist Billboard Goes Up Tuesday!

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Freedom From Religion Foundation - Oct 1, 2007
http://ffrf.org/news/2007/billboard.php


First-Ever Nontheist Billboard Goes Up Tuesday!

October 1, 2007

(MADISON, WIS.) The Freedom From Religion Foundation, which is the
nation's largest association of atheists and agnostics, is unveiling
what is believed to be the first nontheistic billboard on Tuesday, Oct.
2 in Madison, Wis.

The whimsical full-color 18-foot billboard mimics a stained-glass
window and warns, "Beware of Dogma." The only other wording is the
Freedom From Religion Foundation's name and its website, ffrf.org.

"We are launching a campaign to place freethought billboards up around
the country, wherever an irreverent billboard is needed--which is
practically everywhere!" says Annie Laurie Gaylor, Foundation
spokeswoman.

"We don't go to Mass, but we want to reach the masses," adds Dan
Barker, Foundation co-president. "We think it is time for the rest of
us to use the mass media to counter the ubiquity of religious messages
on roadsides everywhere!"

(Madison locals can look for it on the feeder road off the West
Beltline next to Culver's Restaurant, facing west.)

The Foundation will also be erecting another billboard next week to
greet attendees of its 30th national convention, meeting on Oct. 12-13
in Madison. A smaller billboard on West Johnson Street by Fordem Avenue
(passed by nearly everyone coming in from the airport) will carry the
"Beware of Dogma" message on one side, while the other side will sport
the stained-glass motif and the words "Imagine No Religion."

Note to Madison-area Media: The first-ever nontheist billboard will be
erected at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 2 (rain or shine) on the feeder road
by Culvers off of the West Beltline. Annie Laurie and Dan will be there.


Freedom From Religion Foundation
PO Box 750 * Madison, WI 53701 
(608) 256-8900

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