This incident is plain wrong!! Banner put up 3 days late, then "hidden" from view. When questioned as to why, the lies begin to tumble out of city officials' mouth. Does the city think "we" are stupid or what?? All I (personally) ask for as an atheist (as a lesbian and as an individual with a mental illness) is to be treated in the same manner as everyone else. Some theists, not so much. I seriously hope Justin pursues this matter to the fullest extent of the law and I will support his actions in whatever means I can.
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Wilkes-Barre officials unprominently placed an FFRF banner I submitted for display while a submitted National Day of Prayer banner was prominently placed.
What appears to be a clear case of viewpoint discrimination — privileging religious viewpoints over messages contrary to religious beliefs — occurred on May 1, 2014 at the hands of Wilkes-Barre city officials.
Rather than placing a religious and non-religious banners side-by-side, displaying them with equal levels of prominence, a non-religious banner I submitted was placed out of sight of a National Day of Prayer event — on the reverse side of a scaffolding structure rather than on the front side — while a banner recognizing the National Day of Prayer event was more prominently placed on the front side of scaffolding.
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To paraphrase a previous piece I authored, I do not start with cynicism — seeing malice and ‘bad faith’ [from government officials] — but this banner situation has really moved me to reconsider my view of Wilkes-Barre city officials – especially when considering past transgressions within Wilkes-Barre.
FFRF banner unprominently placed in Wilkes-Barre - justinvacula.com | justinvacula.com
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