Ethics

City Censors Anti-Religion Billboard

By Ed Brayton

I sure hope there's a lawsuit over this:

Complaints have led to removal of an atheist group's "Imagine No Religion" billboard in Rancho Cucamonga.

The General Outdoor sign company took down the Freedom From Religion Foundation billboard on Thursday after the city asked if there was a way to get it removed. Redevelopment director Linda Daniels says they got 90 complaints.

So if they got 90 complaints about the innumerable Christian billboards around the country, do you suppose they'd be demanding they be taken down as well? Not bloody likely. This is a rather blatant violation of the First Amendment and a suit should be filed immediately.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on November 25, 2008 (boomark / email).