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An Atheist Attack Backfires

By Rod Anderson, CP Cartoonist
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Well known atheist organization, Freedom from Religion Foundation targeted a small midwestern post office in Pittsburg, Kansas, but it couldn't imagine that the removal of one "God Bless America" poster would incite the posting of some 1,500 similar signs.

Local newspaper The Morning Sun first reported the incident in late January and just days later Jake's Fireworks, a retail store located in the area, responded by printing 1,200 "God Bless America" yard signs and 300 similar banners, 1,500 in total. Within 45 minutes, residents snatched up all 1,500 signs.

"Obviously, we're among the majority that didn't agree with the decision to take the sign down (at the post office)," Jason Marietta, the store director, told the Sun.

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/atheist-christians-kansas-god-bless-america-sign-156688/#p52JwrHO9cqSlLpI.99

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