Gas station roadside signs are okay in Concord, New Hampshire, but Christian signs are apparently dangerous, according to the Alliance Defense Fund.
ADF has filed the lawsuit for their client, Signs for Jesus, which wanted to erect an electronic sign displaying a Bible verse and change it every few days.
"Now this is a stretch of road where there are plenty of signs of all sorts," explains ADF attorney Joe Infranco. "They're the same dimensions. They're also lit up. In fact, there's a gas station right nearby -- and [yet] the town denied permission to do this because of the content, because it was going to be a religious message."
The town tried to justify its decision by saying that some passersby might look at the sign and have some sort of negative reaction.
"Just a short distance from that location there's a gas station with an even larger sign showing the price of gas. My reasoning would be, if you're worried about motorists' reaction, I'd maybe tell the gas station to stop showing the current price of gas," Infranco adds.
Infranco argues Signs for Jesus has a constitutional right to display their signs, and that the town's decision denies them that right.
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