Floridians gather to protest new atheist billboard

02.07.09, Trina Hoaks, for EXAMINER (US). A new atheist billboard went up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida this week. The American Atheists (AA) affiliate, FLorida Atheists and Secular Humanists (FLASH), who put it up, wanted to let fellow area atheists know that they are not alone. The billboard, as seen above, seems innocent enough. But, local residents don't see it that way. Apparently the billboard went up in the middle of a religious area. The area is also predominantly African American. Ken Loukinen, President of FLASH, told reporters that he would have thought they, as a group, would have been more understanding of what it is like to be discriminated against. After all, it was not long ago that they suffered under just such a thing.