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<\/a><\/div>\nJust in from Friendly Atheist: apparently some folks have\u00a0graffitied\u00a0two Oregon churches<\/a> with multiple pro-Flying Spaghetti Monster slogans and images. \u00a0It\u2019s the second time these churches have been defaced in this way in the last six months.<\/p>\n Just yesterday, I expressed my frustration and anger with Christians who deface and vandalize atheist and secular billboards<\/a>, so I\u2019m not happy to see anyone on our team letting the side down. \u00a0I don\u2019t mean to draw a false equivalence here and lend any support to the idea that this incident proves<\/em>\u00a0that Christians have it just as hard as atheists. \u00a0Show me the state where churches are banned from opening because they are an inducement to vandalism and terrorism, and then we\u2019ll talk. (This was the actual rationale behind the\u00a0Arkansas\u00a0ban of billboards promoting atheist groups<\/a>).<\/p>\n But, as Hermant Mehta said, if we want Christians to back us up when our signs are defaced, let\u2019s model the behavior we seek. \u00a0I\u2019ve given $10 toward the clean-up costs for the churches through the chip-in widget below. \u00a0Mehta will pass these donations to the affected churches, and any money collected that exceeds the cost of clean-up will go to the Foundation Beyond Belief<\/a> (a charity that bundles atheist money for secular causes), so you\u2019re not subsidizing religion. \u00a0You\u2019re just helping return to the status quo ante scriptum<\/em>.<\/p>\n But perhaps you\u2019re remembering that you don\u2019t give as much as you ought to charitable and activist groups already<\/em>, and, if you\u2019re behind, you don\u2019t want to waste your donations on this cause. \u00a0In that case, let me suggest you do what I did and match your donation to the churches with an equal donation to a group you know you ought to do more to support. \u00a0Don\u2019t kid yourself you were going to send it in anyway; this way a group you like benefits from your choice to help make things right for this church. \u00a0(I picked the ACLU<\/a>).<\/p>\n So chip in above if you like. \u00a0And as a reminder of how much this stuff sucks when it\u2019s done to us, I\u2019ve pasted images of just a few of the vandalized atheist billboards across the country. \u00a0If you disapprove then, you disapprove now.<\/a>\n<\/p>