Comments on: Iowa Gets a New Atheist Bus Ad

By: nan

nan — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:14:09 +0000

Ahem…Iowa

1839, the Iowa Supreme Court rejected slavery in a decision that found that a slave named Ralph became free when he stepped on Iowa soil, 26 years before the end of the Civil War decided the issue.

1868, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that racially segregated “separate but equal” schools had no place in Iowa, 85 years before the U.S. Supreme Court reached the same decision.

1869 1st state to admit women to the practice of law

1873, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled against racial discrimination in public accommodations, 91 years before the U.S. Supreme Court reached the same decision.

1934 1st North American mosque

(just sayin’……)

By: Liberation

Liberation — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:52:14 +0000

Good for Iowa. First gay rights and now free-thought… Since when did flyover country become the most progressive state in the nation?

By: muggle

muggle — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:38:35 +0000

I like that one! Very pretty too. Nicely done.

By: Jer

Jer — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:54:20 +0000

That is frankly the best atheist organization ad tag I’ve ever seen. It’s funny, seasonally appropriate, and should get people thinking. With the added benefit that anyone who objects to it is going to look like a complete jackass too, because how can you object to a sentiment like that without sounding like a nitwit? (I suppose that might be a down side in some folks eyes – the more objections that get raised the more free advertising the organization gets, but at this point they’ve probably gotten quite a bit of eyeballs from the earlier controversial ads and a subtler ad should be effective enough on its own to raise awareness among those who don’t already know about the org).

My compliments to their copy writer. They should definitely give him/her more work.

By: spyderkl

spyderkl — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:52:06 +0000

I think it’s lovely.

I suspect that’ll be too much for the religious nuts to handle as well, but it really is lovely.

By: Alan E.

Alan E. — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:30:40 +0000

@RG The ads are randomly populated based on key words throughout the site. If you click on them, they get more traffic but they have to pay out more.

By: Whore of All the Earth

Whore of All the Earth — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:20:07 +0000

That is brilliant!

By: RG

RG — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:04:57 +0000

why is there a dianetics ad on your site?

By: RG

RG — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:04:27 +0000

Yeah so far this is my favorite motto for an atheist group.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:21:02 +0000

Love it!