Talk about bad luck. The only billboard in the town of Gatesville, Texas, has become the center of controversy and for all the wrong reasons. Oen Dollins, a former minister, rented the sign on Main Street that reads, "Gay Rights are Not Civil Rights." According to the Dallas Voice, the sign's owner, Virginia Miller, said Dollins, who is black, wanted to get the message out to black people .. everything they fought for is being hijacked." She said he did not mean to offend anyone and added, "He wanted to get the message to black people that it's not fair that they're the ones who suffered, they're the ones who paid the price, and now everything they fought for is being hijacked." Miller also claimed she's received death threats since reports about the sign appeared on Instant Tea and on KCEN Channel 9 in Waco. She said Dollins paid $300 for the message to appear on the sign for three days, from Sunday through Tuesday, and it was taken down last night. Miller said her husband, Bo, carefully screens advertisements for "the Sign" and typically doesn't allow anything negative. But Bo Miller told Channel 9 that he approved the message because he felt Dollins was making a valid argument.
The billboard, known in Gatesville as "The Sign", first made news earlier this week when a reader emailed photos to the Voice and added: "Hate is alive and well deep in the heart of Texas." KCEN-TV interviewed some residents and one black woman said she had no problem with the sign because "as a Black woman, because I have been through ...I know what it feels like and it's totally different."
Dollins repeats this popular talking point by anti-gay black Christians: "No gays are having to ride on the back of the bus. No gays are being enslaved. No gays are being prosecuted [sic] in any way." Source: Daily Voice
No matter what side of the fence you are on, it is still imperative gays and lesbians are not denied their basic rights. The bill board will not bring both sides to the table, but will rather foster hostility, which is counterproductive.
Talk about bad luck. The only billboard in the town of Gatesville, Texas, has become the center of controversy and for all the wrong reasons. Oen Dollins, a former minister, rented the sign on Main Street that reads, "Gay Rights are Not Civil Rights." According to the Dallas Voice, the sign's owner, Virginia Miller, said Dollins, who is black, wanted to get the message out to black people .. everything they fought for is being hijacked." She said he did not mean to offend anyone and added, "He wanted to get the message to black people that it's not fair that they're the ones who suffered, they're the ones who paid the price, and now everything they fought for is being hijacked." 
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