A controversial billboard with messages such as "God says no to homosexuality and abortion" that was erected last week in a southwestern Ontario community has been taken down.
The billboard located at a rural intersection about 20 kilometres north of Chatham, Ontario, appeared last Wednesday, just days after the community's Pride Week took place.
Other messages such as ``Bibles back in school'' and ``Let the bible be your teacher'' were also up on the billboard.
Marianne Willson, the president of the Chatham-Kent Gay Pride Association, says it triggered an immediate response among residents of the community who wanted it taken down.
The municipality says in a statement that it is not responsible for the removal of the board and it is still unclear who took it down.
It says the billboard is on private property and the municipality was not contacted in advance regarding its content, nor was it advised as to its removal.