Posted on 12/05/2008 10:25:10 AM PST by TaraP
I thought it would be safe," Freedom From Religion Foundation co-founder Annie Laurie Gaylor told CNN. "It's always a shock when your sign is censored or stolen or mutilated. It's not something you get used to."
The sign, which celebrated the winter solstice, had some residents and Christian organizations calling atheists Scrooges because they said it was attacking the celebration of Jesus Christ's birth.
"Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds," the sign from the Freedom From Religion Foundation said in part.
The sign, which was at the Legislative Building at 6:30 a.m. PT, was gone by 7:30 a.m., Gaylor said.
The incident will not stifle the group's message, Gaylor said, adding that a temporary sign with the same message would be placed in the building's Rotunda. Gaylor said a note would be attached saying, "Thou shalt not steal."
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Well since GOD said- Thou shalt not steal.”
they should not be be suprised there idiotic sign was removed...
Seems pretty hypocritical for an atheist to invoke a law from the very God they choose to not believe in..
Thank goodness for small favors.
I’ve always thought that atheism is an absence of belief, but these creatures have made it into an active, aggressive hatred of religion and religious people.
Oh please someone with money to waste file a lawsuit for the removal of one of the Ten Commandments.
I hate agenda atheists.
And I’m an atheist.
One thing that leftists believe in is whatever works for them at the moment.
CNN’s not covering the guy who broke the heads off statues of Jesus and Joseph in Harvard, Illinois?
Well conservatives are used to it...even got my car keyed for having a W sticker.
Probably did it themselves to get publicity.
my religion says it’s okay to steal signs from atheists
Nature abhors a vacuum.
The sign was nothing but hate speech. I wonder if Washington state would fly a confederate flag on Martin Luther King Day?
Isn’t stealing against the moral codes of the Big Three?
Annie Laurie Gaylor: There is no God.
God: There is no Annie Laurie Gaylor................
A less expensive alternative. On their new sign, after “Thou shalt not steal” write “For goodness’ sake.”
Isn’t it ironic?
A mere ‘greeting’ sign from atheists wouldn’t bother me. However, the ‘hate’ speech contained on the sign was an insult.
It’s not nice to tempt the Lord.
B.S. The sign was athiest/humanist propaganda. It had zero to do with the winter solstice.
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