“Under God” billboard in Charlotte vandalized
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – A billboard with the words “One Nation
Indivisible” placed by a coalition of North Carolina atheists and
agnostics has been vandalized.
WCNC-TV in Charlotte reported the sign on the Billy Graham
Parkway in Charlotte that displays an American flag behind the
words has been defaced. Investigators think the words “Under God”
were added late Friday night or early Saturday morning.
Several billboards have been put up by the North Carolina
Secular Association as a July Fourth project, including on
Carolina Beach road in Wilmington. The group intentionally left out
the words “Under God,” which were added to the Pledge of Allegiance
in 1954. The group wanted to show nonreligious people are patriotic.
Charlotte spokesman William Warren says the group has filed a
police report and says the billboard will be replaced.
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