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Atheist backed billboards to get yanked amid pressure

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    Billboards attack both presidential candidates' faiths

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American Atheists have taken down to billboards attacking christianity in Mormon -- in the Charlotte, North Carolina the billboards were originally put up two weeks ago to target the religions of both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney when Charlie Rose the democratic national convention on September 3.

It's absolutely he's a strategic move in terms of the convention it's absolutely aimed at the political conventions.

And it's absolutely timed for the political conventions both of them.

The billboards which were originally meant to be displayed through the convention -- American -- 151000.

Dollars and they say the purpose of the billboards.

It was to get religion out of.

Politics as we move into the rest of the campaign we're going to see religion be a piece of that and we think it should not be the ads have proved to be offensive to stop.

The course is not appropriate is never appropriate in solar person never appropriate.

To disrespect another -- See it's not Mormon billboard behind me was originally meant to be placed in Tampa for Mitt Romney and the Republican National Convention.

The private -- a billboard owners refuse to put -- Fiat.

We are very happy.

That we found a company that allowed us to express our freedom of speech our our our opinions.

And we're also very dismayed at the bigotry that we received in Tampa.

When we weren't allowed to post.

Our views.

Because of Fox News is reporting the billboards are -- and as for if religion should play a role in politics.

We're not a Christian nation we never have been a Christian nation and we never will.

And look at all of scripture quotations all over the buildings in Washington -- -- The debate continues.

In Charlotte, North Carolina very -- Fox News.

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