Billboard Advertising Helen Keller Museum Draws Protests

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Billboard Advertising Helen Keller Museum Draws Protests

NBC NEWS- Two billboards meant to draw people to a northern Alabama tourist attraction may be driving some away.

The signs tout the birthplace of Helen Keller by encouraging people to "See What She Couldn't."

Some people fear the billboards mock a woman who triumphed over blindness and deafness.

The Tuscumbia museum brings in more than 60,000 visitors a year.

The Helen Keller Home helped create the billboards.

Wednesday, May 7 at 7:04 AM Stephen Enns, MD wrote ...

Why don't we ask the blind what they think, not what those like us who have our sight? The blind man who was healed by Jesus Christ whose story was told in the Bible was overjoyed about his healing and told everyone about his life and the one who healed him. "Once I was blind and now I see." Helen Keller had an amazing testimony that EVERYONE should see, and hear about too!

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