Atheist Bus Ads in Ottawa

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H/T Vjack @ Atheist Revolution

The Ottawa citi council overturned a ruling that previously restricted Atheist bus ads.

As many are already aware, there has been an increase in the proliferation of public service ads that promote atheist, agnostic and freethinker points of view. The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) has sponsored many of these from Phoenix to Tennessee and other humanist and freethought groups have as well. In Great Britain, adverts that read, “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life” ran (and still are, I believe) with much success.

Recently, a similar campaign in Ottawa, Canada met with some resistance but a previous decision to restrict these ads was overturned 13 – 7. The chairman of the Ottawa city council’s transit committee stated, “the right to express opinions is fundamental to a free society and a precious part of Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.”

From the article quoted above [examiner.com -atheist examiner]: It was reported that a crowd of people wearing t-shirts with the atheist message, ”There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life,” on them sat quiet through the deliberations. They were pleased by the outcome, not surprisingly. One of those onlookers, Paul Bendus, said “Do we have the right to be non-religious? Council has voted that yes, we do.”

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