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WaPo "On Faith" editor called vandalism of atheist billboard "clever and relatively respectful"

Seeded on Wed Aug 11, 2010 1:33 PM EDT
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Seeded by Darrah, Greenville, SC
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Jamison Foser writes: Let's say a bunch of atheists took some spray paint and defaced the side of a Catholic church, writing "There is no God" in 8-foot-tall letters on it. What are the odds that a Washington Post editor would write "You have to admit that what the vandals did was clever and relatively respectful"?
Not very good, right?

Well, here's what happened in Charlotte, NC in June:

The "Under God" spray-painted by vandals onto an atheist billboard on Billy Graham Parkway over the weekend won't be erased until just before July 4, a spokesman for Charlotte Atheists & Agnostics said Monday.

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Darrah, Greenville, SC

Clever and relatively respectful...just when you thought there was no hope.

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Reply#1 - Wed Aug 11, 2010 1:51 PM EDT
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