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Frostcall is a blog out of Austin, TX, hosted by an ex-Christian couple that are now atheists. They contacted our media rep, LeeWood Thomas, about doing an interview. LeeWood talks about what our group has done in the community in the past and ideas for the future, and also about our recent bus ad campaign. LeeWood Thomas on Frostcall Original website and comments

The godless find a voice. by Doug Smith Arkansas Times It’s said there are no atheists in foxholes, and that’s baloney, according to a military man we’ll call “Brad.” At an atheists’ social gathering in Little Rock, Brad told a reporter that as an Air Force pilot, he’d been in situations where his life was in danger, and on those …

(August 12, 2011) Godless bus ads will now roll in Little Rock. On Thursday, federal Judge Judge Susan Webber Wright ruled in favor of the United Coalition of Reason (UnitedCoR), and against the Central Arkansas Transit Authority (CATA) and its advertising agent, On the Move Advertising (OTM), for declining to run $5,260.00 worth of bus ads aimed at attracting local …

Refusing group violates speech rights, judge rules Linda Satter – Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Aug 12, 2011 If Central Arkansas Transit Authority is going to give some groups a forum by allowing them to advertise on the sides of its buses, it can’t refuse others, a federal judge said Thursday, finding that the system violated a non-theist group’s First Amendment rights in …

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By Suzi Parker LITTLE ROCK, Ark | Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:06pm EDT (Reuters) – A federal judge ruled on Thursday that the free speech of a coalition of atheists had been violated when Little Rock’s public bus line denied them the right to place $5,000 worth of ads on city buses. Judge Susan Webber Wright ruled that the Central …

DATE: August 9, 2011 At a hearing this coming Thursday, August 11, the United Coalition of Reason brings its lawsuit, filed June 1, before a judge in federal court. This is Case 4:11-cv-00450-SWW. WHO: U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright, J.G. “Gerry” Schulze, Jason A. Stuart, Jess Sweere, and witnesses. – Susan Webber Wright is a federal judge in the …

By Suzi Parker LITTLE ROCK, Ark | Reuters A coalition of atheists is accusing Little Rock’s city bus line of violating their rights to free speech in a fight to place ads on public buses praising a God-free lifestyle. The Central Arkansas Coalition of Reason alleged in a lawsuit that the Central Arkansas Transit Authority and its advertising agency are …

Are you good with the Central Arkansas Transit Authority? I’m not. by Max Brantley, Arkansas Times It’s real simple. The bus company, heavily subsidized by local tax money, turned down more than $5,000 in bus advertising because its designated ad agency didn’t like the religious content of the message shown here. The United Coalition for Reason wanted to run it, …

By Jake Sandlin Arkansas Democrat Gazette Thursday, June 2, 2011 LITTLE ROCK — A national organization filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against Central Arkansas Transit Authority and its advertising agent over bus ads the group said CATA rejected because the signs promoted atheism. The advertisements, set against a background of blue sky and clouds, would have read: “Are you good …