With one million people gathering Wednesday evening in Times Square New York to ring in the New Year, and with millions watching on TV, a new Answers in Genesis video billboard was placed near the Square’s famous dropping ball.

The 15-second digital board reminded Americans of the religious freedoms they enjoy—whether they hold to the worldviews of Christianity, atheism, Judaism, and other belief systems—and must be defended. In addition, the billboard prominently displayed the Cross of Christ.

The digital video board aired for seven minutes per hour each day, December 30 through January 1—including during the final minutes of 2014. Millions of TV viewers watched the ball drop on Wednesday evening—signaling the start of the New Year—and had an opportunity to see the new video.

“I am thrilled that the Cross of Christ was seen in the most-watched place in the world on this day,” AiG President Ken Ham said.

The video board is located above the CNN sign on Broadway, between 46th & 47th Streets in Duffy Square. The video was posted to take advantage of the massive

crowd in downtown New York City on New Year’s Eve in addition to the large television audience.

On January 2, the same video appeared on a different digital board in Times Square: seen above the Disney Store (also on Broadway), between 45th & 46^th Streets.

Beginning January 5, the video will appear on digital boards in cities like Washington, D.C. (7th and G Street), and Boston, Massachusetts.

The latest billboard campaign by AiG is helping draw attention to religious liberties under assault in America. The efforts by secularist groups to remove Crosses, Nativity scenes, and Ten Commandments displays from public places—and attacks on AiG’s Ark Encounter project—are intensifying. The need for Christian groups and churches to preserve their First Amendment rights has never been greater.  

“The nation's Founding Founders predicted that a future government would be tempted to infringe on religious liberties,” Ham said. “That’s why their very first amendment was to establish a safeguard for religious expression, as they inserted the ‘free exercise clause’ for religion for the new nation. Sadly, that freedom is being chipped away today by atheists and other secularists.”

Find out more about the new boards at www.AnswersInGenesis.org.   

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