[Vision2020] vandals strike again

[keely emerinemix]

I wish whoever is doing this would knock it off.  If the most courageous stand you can make for your faith in God is to deface a billboard, you've really got some spiritual inventory to examine.

Keely
www.keely-prevailingwinds.com




From: london at moscow.com
To: vision2020 at secure.fsr.com
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:13:55 -0800
Subject: [Vision2020] vandals strike again










Humanist 
Billboard Vandalized in Moscow, Idaho…Again

(Washington, D.C, November 4, 
2009) An individual or individuals have
defaced a billboard in Moscow, Idaho… 
again. The billboard originally
read "Millions are good without God" but was 
partially obscured with
blue paint to now read “Millions are good with God”. 
It's the second
time the American Humanist Association (AHA)-sponsored 
billboard has
been vandalized in two weeks. In the first instance the word 
"without"
was completely blacked out, after which the AHA quickly replaced 
the
billboard. The advertisement, which was originally 
placed
mid-September, is part of an American Humanist Association 
advertising
campaign to spread awareness about being good without God. It's 
the
third billboard advertisement the organization has displayed in 
the
Moscow area and similar ads have been put up around the country.

A 
picture of the vandalized billboard can be found here:
http://www.americanhumanist.org/system/storage/29/1225/Picture_002.jpg.
The billboard can be found on Highway 95, 
just south of Moscow near
the Sweet Avenue cross street, facing northbound 
traffic.

"The irony here is worth noting," said David Niose, president of 
the
American Humanist Association. "Some individuals are 
committing
criminal acts while apparently claiming that their religious view 
of
the world leads to good behavior. It's not a very convincing 
argument
on their part."

"This is not just vandalism, it is 
religiously motivated vandalism
which attempts to silence a minority 
viewpoint," added Niose.
"Everyone, not just humanists, should be concerned 
about such acts."

The Moscow Police Department notified the AHA this 
morning. They
believe the ad defaced between 1 and 3 am. The AHA has alerted 
the
billboard company who leased the space, Lamar Outdoor, who said 
they
will start leaving the lights on round the clock. The AHA will 
be
replacing the billboard but hasn't yet decided whether to go with 
the
same design.

"I’m disturbed that this happened again," said Roy 
Speckhardt,
executive director of the American Humanist Association. 
"Two
consecutive crimes in a town where the last incidence of 
billboard
vandalism was years ago makes it obvious that humanists and 
our
message are being targeted.”

The American Humanist Association 
(www.americanhumanist.org) 
advocates
for the rights and viewpoints of humanists. Founded in 1941 
and
headquartered in Washington, D.C., its work is extended through 
more
than 100 local chapters and affiliates across the United 
States.

Humanism is the idea that you can be good without a belief in 
God.

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Contact:
Karen Frantz
202-238-9088
cell: 
703-725-4112
kfrantz at americanhumanist.org
 		 	   		  
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