A Seattle-based atheists group asked state officials Friday for permission to display a placard outdoors on the Capitol Campus over the holidays.

Jerry Schiffelbein, the treasurer for Seattle Atheists and an activist in other "free-thought" groups that advocate for separation between church and state, said the sign's message is less provocative than those that the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation put up last year.

The proposed 18-by-30-inch sign says, "In this holiday season let us remember that kindness, charity and goodwill transcend belief, creed or religion."

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