Atheist Billboard Creates Controversy

A billboard in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is causing some controversy.

The ad, posted by the Florida Atheists and Secular Humanists group, states, "Being a good person doesn't require God" and "Don't believe in God? You're not alone."

People in the neighborhood are now trying to get it removed. “When you have something like this here, people don't want to come and patronize us anymore," Theodore Hamilton, an employee at a nearby business, told WSVN news. "We don't agree with this. We don't like this here in our community, and this is a spiritual-based community."

On the Florida Atheists' Web site, the group states, "The purpose of the sign is 1. to advertise FLASH and let others know there is a group for them and 2. raise public awareness that they have been lied to about who atheists really are. Another case of "cherry picking" Bible verses to support their bigotry."