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Deep within the Bible Belt, Christmas-season billboards are facing off with one another.
Grace Church of Alma, Arkansas – which bills itself as “The Perfect Place for Imperfect People” – is planning on responding to a nearby atheist billboard with one of their own.
The atheist billboard, which has been replicated in key locations throughout the Deep South, shows a child penning this message: Dear
Santa, all I want for Christmas
is to skip church. I’m too old for fairy
tales.
The Grace Church billboard will soon proclaim: Questions, Doubts
and Curiosity… All Welcome at Grace Church.
This feisty opposition has come to be known as the “Christmas wars.”
Some think this is simply a healthy reflection of a free and pluralistic
society. Others are not quite as upbeat.
Former Florida GOP congressman Allen West had this complaint about the atheist billboards: “…why use the image of a little child? Why are adults spoiling Christmas for kids?”
American Atheist Public Relations Director Danielle Muscato offered this explanation to the Memphis media:
The girl on the billboard is a real person, she’s actually the daughter of one of our members.
Resources
http://news.yahoo.com/atheist-skip-church-christmas-billboards-offensive-free-speech-170255553.html
Copyright December 5, 2014 by Linda Van Slyke All Rights Reserved
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