[Vision2020] “Millions are Good Without God,” Moscow, ID Billbo ard Declares

[Tom Hansen]

Thanks for reminding me, Bill.

I dang near forgot.

April 28, 2009
http://www.tomandrodna.com/Photos/Moscow_Sign_04280901.jpg

September 16, 2009
http://www.tomandrodna.com/Photos/Moscow_Sign_09160901.jpg

I perty darn near let this'n slip by.

I figger by next summer people be collecking these pictures like baseball
cards.

How much ya figger I can get fer these photos at the next Trinity Fest?

Tom "who believes in Christmas and other Pagan rituals" Hansen
Moscow (up in these here parts), Idaho

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>   “Millions are Good Without God,” Moscow, ID Billboard Declares
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>   For Immediate Release
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>   (Washington, D.C., September 16, 2009) “Millions are Good Without God,”
> said the American Humanist Association (AHA) on a new billboard put up
> in Moscow, Idaho yesterday. The billboard is one of several that have
> gone up in the Moscow area, part of an advertising campaign to spread
> awareness about being good without God. An image of the display can be
> found here: http://www.americanhumanist.org/2009/moscow/billboard .
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>   “We want people to know that you can be good without God,” said Roy
> Speckhardt, executive director of the American Humanist Association.
> “Too many think that morality is the exclusive domain of the
> religious—we’re here to prove that assumption wrong.”
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>   “We also want to reach out to other nontheists to let them know there is
> a community out there for them and that they’re not alone,”
>   said Speckhardt.
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>   The billboard will run on Highway 95, just south of Moscow near the
> Sweet Avenue cross street, facing northbound traffic. It will be
> displayed through January.
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>   The “Millions are Good Without God” ad is the third billboard to appear
> in the Moscow area. This past spring the American Humanist Association
> ran an ad in the area that read "Don’t believe in God? You are not
> alone," and in the fall the American Humanist Association ran an ad that
> said “Want a Better World? Prayer not Required.”
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>   “We’ve had great success with this advertising campaign,” said
> Speckhardt. “We’ve heard from nontheists who have been very enthusiastic
> about it and are excited to be part of this community, and we’ve heard
> from theists who have voiced their support of us speaking out.”
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>   “Even though we still have a long way to go to overcome prejudice
> against us, it’s becoming less controversial to say you don’t need to
> believe in God in order to be a good person,” concluded Speckhardt.
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>   The American Humanist Association billboard campaign is part of a larger
> effort to spread awareness about nontheism. Other like-minded
> organizations such as the United Coalition of Reason have placed
> billboards in Phoenix, AZ; Philadelphia, PA and Charleston, SC. In
> addition, the AHA ran bus ads that read "Why Believe in a God? Just be
> Good for Goodness' Sake" in Washington, D.C. during the 2008 winter
> holiday season.
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>   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.
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>   Humanism is a progressive philosophy of life that, without theism,
> affirms our responsibility to lead ethical lives of value to self and
> humanity.
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>   For more information contact:
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>   Karen Frantz, Communications and Policy Manager
>   American Humanist Association
>   202-238-9088
>   703-725-4112 (c)
>   kfrantz at americanhumanist.org
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