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Locut0s

(6,154 posts)
Mon Dec 9, 2013, 02:40 AM Dec 2013

Atheist billboards rejected in Vancouver.

A local atheist group here wanted to put up a couple of bill boards down town but the company who owns the advertising boards rejected their ads without giving much of a reason leading to a bit of public outcry.

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Atheist+advertising+rejected+Vancouver/9253274/story.html

They simply told the group they had to redesign their ads but didn't give them any good solid reason why they were rejecting them. The same bill board company however had no problem running anti-abortion ads in Halifax the other year.

Here are some of the designs they wanted to run:





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Atheist billboards rejected in Vancouver. (Original Post) Locut0s Dec 2013 OP
Hmmm, they rejected the ads Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #1

Curmudgeoness

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1. Hmmm, they rejected the ads
Mon Dec 9, 2013, 09:25 PM
Dec 2013

and didn't give a reason. I can't imagine what the reason would have been. Can you???? It can't be because it is controversial:


In October, LifeSiteNews.com reported that Pattison Outdoor designed a pro-life billboard in Halifax called Signs for Life. The ad featured the head of a fetus and text that read: “Abortion: aren’t we forgetting someone?”

“If they don’t like controversial ads,” O’Brien said, “they certainly ran anti-abortion ads in Halifax.”


Hopefully, they will sue Pattison Outdoor and win.
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