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Well Praise Jesus and thank God I've got an alibi. It seems that the hateful atheists who paid good money to post hateful signs that Mock God on busses all over America are now crying foul for some reason. 
Atheist bus ads are desecrated
Group: Vandalism shows how group faces prejudice
Three Detroit buses with advertisements promoting atheism appear to have been vandalized over the past week, an advocacy group said Monday.
The buses featured advertisements earlier this month that read: "Don't believe in God? You are not alone." The signage was paid for by a coalition of atheist and agnostic groups. In one ad, the word "Don't" is torn off, according to photographs provided by the group. On another, the word "Don't" is scratched over several times.
The SMART bus system is replacing the ads for free per its policies, SMART spokeswoman Beth Dryden said. She would not confirm that the advertisements were vandalized, saying only that they were damaged. Dryden said they have not filed a police report.
Atheists said the defaced advertisements were a sign of how they face prejudice.
"It's unfortunate," said Fred Edwords, national director for the United Coalition of Reason, the Washington D.C.-based group that paid for the ads. "It's a sign that we need to keep getting our message out. This kind of prejudice won't go away unless we are up front and out there."
About a dozen of the atheist ads were placed this month on Detroit buses, part of a national campaign to promote atheism that has placed ads in more than 20 cities on buses, subways and billboards.
The defaced ads were discovered during the weekend while the buses were in storage for the night, Dryden said.
Some billboards were vandalized in California this year, Edwords said, but this is the first time that their bus ads have been targeted.
Group: Vandalism shows how group faces prejudice
Three Detroit buses with advertisements promoting atheism appear to have been vandalized over the past week, an advocacy group said Monday.
The buses featured advertisements earlier this month that read: "Don't believe in God? You are not alone." The signage was paid for by a coalition of atheist and agnostic groups. In one ad, the word "Don't" is torn off, according to photographs provided by the group. On another, the word "Don't" is scratched over several times.
The SMART bus system is replacing the ads for free per its policies, SMART spokeswoman Beth Dryden said. She would not confirm that the advertisements were vandalized, saying only that they were damaged. Dryden said they have not filed a police report.
Atheists said the defaced advertisements were a sign of how they face prejudice.
"It's unfortunate," said Fred Edwords, national director for the United Coalition of Reason, the Washington D.C.-based group that paid for the ads. "It's a sign that we need to keep getting our message out. This kind of prejudice won't go away unless we are up front and out there."
About a dozen of the atheist ads were placed this month on Detroit buses, part of a national campaign to promote atheism that has placed ads in more than 20 cities on buses, subways and billboards.
The defaced ads were discovered during the weekend while the buses were in storage for the night, Dryden said.
Some billboards were vandalized in California this year, Edwords said, but this is the first time that their bus ads have been targeted.
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