Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life
Yesterday, the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “let reason prevail” freethought holiday banner — which was placed on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre following city approval — was tampered with. A vandal — Joe McDonald — climbed the structure on which the banner was placed, sliced ropes holding the banner, and spoke with local news reporters confessing […]
M J Shepherd, an artist who frequently contributes cartoons to friendlyatheist.com, has drawn a cartoon responding to the vandalism of the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s banner which was placed on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre. See it here. See all posts pertaining to the FFRF banner here: http://www.justinvacula.com/category/ffrf-banner/
Yesterday, a resident of Northeastern Pennsylvania, and someone I attended high school with, Joe McDonald, climbed a structure on Public Square to slice the ropes holding the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s banner which was placed following city approval. Here’s the video. The rope-slicing was recorded by local news station WNEP-TV, broadcasted throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania, and […]
WNEP News interviewed me concerning the Freedom From Religion Foundation banner which was placed on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre. Also discussed in the video is the vandalism of the banner (including video footage of the person vandalizing the ropes holding the banner and admitting to the vandalism). Read the story here: http://wnep.com/2012/12/20/man-cuts-down-banner-protesting-religious-decorations/ Watch the video […]
In my previous post, I speculated concerning possible vandalism of the “Let reason previal” FFRF banner which was placed on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre. It appeared to be the case that someone cut the strings holding the banner and placed on American flag in its place. I was right. According to WNEP news, Shortly before […]
