CANADA: Atheists demand removal of pro-life banner over B.C. city street, but mayor won’t budge.

The blue banner, hoisted on behalf of the Kamloops Pro-Life Society, includes a silhouette of a baby, young girl, and elderly woman standing beneath a tree.

The text reads, “One life can make a difference. Protect human life week.” . . .

Bill Ligertwood of the atheist group Kamloops Centre for Rational Thought has said that the city should not have approved the banner since, in his view, it violates a city policy on street banners. The policy states that banners must not “promote political parties or points of view, religious points of view, commercial ventures, controversial issues or other content that contradicts the human rights codes.”

I didn’t think that atheists would want to go on record as suggesting that advocating the protection of human life is “controversial” or particularly “religious.”