A new ad campaign launched this week by the Center for Inquiry-Michigan includes billboards in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, and other Michigan cities that encourage readers to consider that 'Millions of Americans are living happily without religion.' They're raising awareness as well as generating both controversy and conversation across the state.
According to the article:
"The main goal is just to help people to know our group is here," said Jennifer Beahan, assistant director of Center for Inquiry-Michigan, in a phone interview. "The point is to help people who aren't religious know there is a community they can be a part of. The second purpose is to help people who don't know a lot of nonreligious people dispel some of the stereotypes."
According to a 2012 Pew survey, 20 percent of Americans are unaffiliated with any religion, with 6 percent describing themselves as atheist or agnostic.
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