FORT WORTH, TX - City buses in Fort Worth, Texas, will no longer carry religious ads because of a furor sparked by an atheist group's ads that say, "Millions of Americans are good without God."
The Fort Worth Transportation Authority unanimously voted Wednesday to ban religious ads, a decision the atheist group's Terry McDonald hailed as a "secular victory."
Some ministers had been so upset about the ads -- especially during the Christmas season -- that they urged a boycott of public transportation and offered residents free rides. The ministers also threw their support behind several transit employees who say they were forced to take days off without pay for refusing to drive the buses carrying those ads.
One religious group recently hired a billboard truck to drive behind the buses with messages that read: "I still love you. - God" and "2.1 Billion People are Good With God."
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