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"Life's Short" (A Follow-Up) by Steve Higginbotham May 16, 2007 | ||
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Earlier this week, I wrote an article
about a billboard in Chicago which read, "Life's Short.
Get a Divorce." Since writing that article, I have learned
from one of our readers, that later that same day, the billboard was taken
down.
My first hope was that maybe the law
firm that was responsible for the billboard had a change of heart, a
twinge of conscience, and realized that the message and images were
inappropriate. Unfortunately, this wasn't the
case.
My next thought was that if they didn't
have a change of heart, then maybe the moral outrage of the community
caused them to remove the billboard. Again, I discovered that this
wasn't the reason either.
The reason for the removal of the billboard
was simply that the law firm had failed to get a permit from the
city. After the building inspector removed the sign, one of the
lawyers who was responsible for the billboard said that he felt "violated"
by having his billboard "ripped down without due process."
He felt violated? What about those who
were subjected to the immodestly clad pictures on the billboard, and the
message that encouraged divorce for little more than sexual
gratification? Might they have felt violated?
This law firm has promised more "cutting
edge" ads in the future and reports that their business has increased
dramatically since the billboard went up.
I'm reminded of what the prophet Isaiah
said... "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness
for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for
bitter!"
This law firm might be able to get a city
"permit" and put this billboard up again, but a city permit doesn't mean
God permits it. | ||
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