Fifty new billboards will go up around the metro Atlanta area this week, and their controversial messages are likely to turn a few heads.
The Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation will sponsor billboards throughout the city promoting separation of church and state and shunning religion. The billboards will display messages like 'Imagine No Religion,' 'God and Government: A Dangerous Mix,' 'Sleep In On Sunday,' and 'In Reason We Trust' during the month-long campaign.
It's part of a larger movement by the foundation to "reach out to free thinkers in the South," according to co-president Dan Barker. The group has ongoing billboard campaigns in Tampa, Trenton and New Orleans. Barker said: "Just as there are indeed atheists in foxholes, there are many nonbelievers in the so-called Bible Belt."
The foundation is hoping its efforts will enhance the group's visibility. Its 16,000 members nationwide include atheists, agnostics and freethinkers. 270 Georgians are currently part of the organization.
Story:'Imagine No Religion' billboards to debut in Atlanta
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