HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A billboard in Harrisburg, Pa., that protests legislation designating 2012 as the “Year of the Bible” in Pennsylvania is being criticized by a legislator who calls it racist.
State Rep. Thaddeus Kirkland objected to the image of a shackled black slave above a Bible verse that says, “Slaves, obey your masters.”
The billboard is co-sponsored by a group called American Atheists.
The organization’s Pennsylvania director says it wants lawmakers to repeal the resolution celebrating a book he calls “barbaric.”
