A man rescued from his sailboat during Hurricane Irene has been…
Officials say brothers Quinten Felton and Eddie Felton were …
Advertisement
Billboard by NC atheists is vandalized
Sign on the Billy Graham Parkway in Charlotte
Updated: Monday, 28 Jun 2010, 2:30 PM EDT
Published : Monday, 28 Jun 2010, 11:51 AM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A billboard with the words "One Nation Indivisible" placed by a coalition of North Carolina atheists and agnostics has been vandalized.
WCNC-TV in Charlotte reported the sign on the Billy Graham Parkway in Charlotte that displays an American flag behind the words has been defaced. Investigators think the words "Under God" were added late Friday night or early Saturday morning.
Several billboards have been put up by the North Carolina Secular Association as a July Fourth project. The group intentionally left out the words "Under God," which were added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954. The group wanted to show nonreligious people are patriotic.
Charlotte spokesman William Warren says the group has filed a police report and says the billboard will be replaced.
Opinions that are derogatory, attack other users or are offensive in nature may be removed. WAVY is not responsible for the content posted in this comment section. We reserve the right to remove any offensive or off-topic remark or thread. To mark a comment for review by a moderator, click "Report Abuse."
Email This
Print This
View Story on a Single PageAdvertisement
Advertisement