Imagine no billboard
... it isn't hard to do. Especially since the "Imagine No Religion" billboard reported in this space on Tuesday has been taken down.General Outdoor, which owns the sign, told the Freedom From Religion Foundation that it has received too many complaints and took it down today. The sign was located at the southwest corner of Archibald and Foothill. General Outdoor would not comment today.
Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the Wisconsin-based foundation said sign companies have denied their business before but they have never taken down a sign after it went up. Gaylor said she doesn't believe General Outdoor has received that many complaints because most motorists wouldn't know to contact the sign company.
"I think somebody in General Outdoor has very thin skin," Gaylor said.
I guess the religious folks of Rancho Cucamonga have thin skin. They are not tolerant of anyone having a different opinon than them. It kind of reflects on how fearful they were about the proposition 8 campaign. I guess religion teaches you to have a closed mind and to never accept any other options in life. They are the most intolerant part of society. How sad.
I guess we're going to have to wait a bit longer for freedom from religion.
Funny, especially considering how many outward expressions of hatred toward a segment of our community have been expressed in sign form over the last couple of months during the run-up to Prop 8.
A sign like this, by comparison, is pretty mild.
There are times I love this city. This is not one of those times.
- Jeff
Yes, the sign was offensive, which seemed to be the whole point - using a stain glass border with X's to mock us. Why? Do Christians put up signs that say, "Imagine No Athiests" ?
The last comment called us religious folks the most intolerant part of society? Really? It seems to me the sponsors of the billboard were the ones showing their intolerance.
> Why? Do Christians put up signs that say,
> "Imagine No Athiests" ?
No, they just raise millions of dollars and put up signs in order to to pass constitutional amendments that blatantly discriminate against gay people.
This, on the other hand... was a single billboard, and a fairly innocuous one at that.
> The last comment called us religious folks the
> most intolerant part of society? Really? It seems
> to me the sponsors of the billboard were the ones
> showing their intolerance.
It was intended to get people thinking about how life would be without religion (in a general sense). It was a harmless way to express the idea that a non-religious lifestyle is an acceptable alternative to religion and all it has brought us.
- Jeff
There was nothing wrong with the message in the sign "Imagine No Religion". If any city employee used his/her office to have the sign company remove the sign, then they should be fired. The Constitution give everyone the right to freedom of speech and the city employees should honor the Constitution and not use their office to censor our freedom of speech. That is what separation of church and state is all about.
'Imagine No Religion' is not the problem. It is a start. Before you censor everyone, take a good look at your good book. Read and censor your own book that you following blindly. It contains in some places, very offensive ideas.
Signed G.O.D.