A controversy over whether an advertisement for an atheist group should be displayed on the side of public buses seems to have benefited both parties involved.
Membership in the Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers has doubled from what it was before the ad campaign began. In addition, the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority's advertising department is seeing new groups interested in buying ads.
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Atheists Target Des Moines With Godless Bus Ads
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