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Divine billboards.(Godly messages in billboards)

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| June 13, 2005 | Mass, Warren | COPYRIGHT 2005 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Motorists frequently encounter billboards these days with messages such as these:

* "If you must curse, use your own name!--God"

* "One nation under me.--God"

* "It's a small world, I know ... I made it.--God"

Curiously, the billboards contain no information asking the viewer to do anything. There is no toll-free number to call. No website to visit. There is no message asking the passerby to join a church or contribute money to a charitable organization. One wonders: what's the catch?

The messages are the work of private donations, and the "catch" is that some people think it is worth the effort to make America a more God-fearing nation. The project is organized by a Florida-based organization called GodSpeaks. No one knows who started the billboard campaign because he (or she) has chosen to remain anonymous. But sometime in the 1990s, the donor paid $150,000 to an advertising agency to develop a billboard campaign to remind people of God's presence.

The first signs were displayed in South Florida and were intended to run for three months. By the time they were ...

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