<div>When I saw this sign today, my first thought was that Tom Hansen would post a picture of this actual sign in Moscow, Idaho, to Vision2020, given Hansen also posted a picture of another previous sign, on this same billboard, with a "humanist" message, to Vision2020.</div>
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<div>Thanks. Now I can forward this picture to friends living far away, who might doubt this sign is really in Moscow, Idaho.</div>
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<div>Ted Moffett<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">Thanks for reminding me, Bill.<br><br>I dang near forgot.<br><br>April 28, 2009<br><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/Photos/Moscow_Sign_04280901.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.tomandrodna.com/Photos/Moscow_Sign_04280901.jpg</a><br>
<br>September 16, 2009<br><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/Photos/Moscow_Sign_09160901.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.tomandrodna.com/Photos/Moscow_Sign_09160901.jpg</a><br><br>I perty darn near let this'n slip by.<br>
<br>I figger by next summer people be collecking these pictures like baseball<br>cards.<br><br>How much ya figger I can get fer these photos at the next Trinity Fest<br>(if'n there is a next Trinity Fest)?<br><br>Tom "who believes in Christmas and other Pagan rituals" Hansen<br>
Moscow (up in these here parts), Idaho<br><br><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> “Millions are Good Without God,” Moscow, ID Billboard Declares<br>><br>> For Immediate Release<br>><br>> (Washington, D.C., September 16, 2009) “Millions are Good Without God,”<br>
> said the American Humanist Association (AHA) on a new billboard put up<br>> in Moscow, Idaho yesterday. The billboard is one of several that have<br>> gone up in the Moscow area, part of an advertising campaign to spread<br>
> awareness about being good without God. An image of the display can be<br>> found here: <a href="http://www.americanhumanist.org/2009/moscow/billboard" target="_blank">http://www.americanhumanist.org/2009/moscow/billboard</a> .<br>
><br>> “We want people to know that you can be good without God,” said Roy<br>> Speckhardt, executive director of the American Humanist Association.<br>> “Too many think that morality is the exclusive domain of the<br>
> religious—we’re here to prove that assumption wrong.”<br>><br>> “We also want to reach out to other nontheists to let them know there is<br>> a community out there for them and that they’re not alone,”<br>
> said Speckhardt.<br>><br>> The billboard will run on Highway 95, just south of Moscow near the<br>> Sweet Avenue cross street, facing northbound traffic. It will be<br>> displayed through January.<br>
><br>> The “Millions are Good Without God” ad is the third billboard to appear<br>> in the Moscow area. This past spring the American Humanist Association<br>> ran an ad in the area that read "Don’t believe in God? You are not<br>
> alone," and in the fall the American Humanist Association ran an ad that<br>> said “Want a Better World? Prayer not Required.”<br>><br>> “We’ve had great success with this advertising campaign,” said<br>
> Speckhardt. “We’ve heard from nontheists who have been very enthusiastic<br>> about it and are excited to be part of this community, and we’ve heard<br>> from theists who have voiced their support of us speaking out.”<br>
><br>> “Even though we still have a long way to go to overcome prejudice<br>> against us, it’s becoming less controversial to say you don’t need to<br>> believe in God in order to be a good person,” concluded Speckhardt.<br>
><br>> The American Humanist Association billboard campaign is part of a larger<br>> effort to spread awareness about nontheism. Other like-minded<br>> organizations such as the United Coalition of Reason have placed<br>
> billboards in Phoenix, AZ; Philadelphia, PA and Charleston, SC. In<br>> addition, the AHA ran bus ads that read "Why Believe in a God? Just be<br>> Good for Goodness' Sake" in Washington, D.C. during the 2008 winter<br>
> holiday season.<br>><br>> The American Humanist Association (<a href="http://www.americanhumanist.org/" target="_blank">www.americanhumanist.org</a>) advocates<br>> for the rights and viewpoints of humanists. Founded in 1941 and<br>
> headquartered in Washington, D.C., its work is extended through more<br>> than 100 local chapters and affiliates across the United States.<br>><br>> Humanism is a progressive philosophy of life that, without theism,<br>
> affirms our responsibility to lead ethical lives of value to self and<br>> humanity.<br>><br>> ###<br>><br>> For more information contact:<br>><br>> Karen Frantz, Communications and Policy Manager<br>
> American Humanist Association<br>> 202-238-9088<br>> 703-725-4112 (c)<br>> <a href="mailto:kfrantz@americanhumanist.org">kfrantz@americanhumanist.org</a><br>> =======================================================<br>
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