The right to free speech often ends pretty abrubtly when one chooses to target religon utilizing such a freedom. Particularly amusing in a country where the division of church and state was so vehemently stated in our founding documents.

But ... if the sign were erected without knowledge or payment to the sign company (as was stated in the article) then no rights were violated anyway.

I think myself and all fellow athiests should petition for minority status, perhaps then we'd actually have some rights relative to our philosophies regarding theology. As it stands today we are a highly mistrusted and extremely maligned diminuative segment of the population in the US. Hell, even Muslims are held statistically in higher esteem and regard than are athiests. And all because we don't have imaginary friends ....