BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A billboard that was put up by the Alabama Freethought Association is causing debate.
Some say the sign reading “Imagine No Religion” is offensive and should be removed.
The billboard along Interstate 20 near Pell City was placed as part of a national campaign by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the foundation in Madison, Wis., said the group had wanted a billboard near Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, but Lamar Advertising declined.
“It was offensive to me,” said Tom Traylor, general manager of Lamar Advertising. “A heavy percent of our population is Christian.”
Freethought association member Pat Cleveland of Talladega said she’s gotten about 50 irate calls about the billboard.
The Talladega Daily Home says a petition drive has been started to take it down.
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