The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that a billboard advertising the August 16 DVD release of the film “God’s Not Dead 2” has been rejected.
The billboard was to have appeared in Cleveland during the Republican National Convention next week. The sign would have measured 32 feet by 60 feet and featured a picture of Melissa Joan Hart, who plays a teacher in “God’s Not Dead 2” who is sued by the ACLU for quoting Jesus in a class about civil disobedience.
Alongside the image was the text: “I’d rather stand with God and be judged by the world than stand with the world and be judged by God.”
According to reporter Paul Bond, Orange Barrel Media, the company who rents out the billboard space, may have deemed the Christian-sounding message too provocative.
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There were other objections. Orange Barrel cited Republican National Committee rules barring “scandalous” signage around the convention. Pure Flix responded that former GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee appears in “God’s Not Dead 2” and that the GOP has partnered with Pure Flix for a worship service on the eve of the convention, followed by a screening with food provided by Chick-fil-A. Orange Barrel also warned that the city of Cleveland might have a problem with the message.
It is now too late for Pure Flix to mount any billboard in time for the convention.
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Outrageous: 'God's Not Dead 2' Billboard Planned for GOP Convention Rejected as 'Too Incendiary' #RNC2016 #RNCinCLE https://t.co/b9gU1II3CA
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