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Jul 8, 2007 11:20 pm US/Eastern

Times Square Church Says 'No' To Toilet Ad

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NEW YORK (CBS/AP) ― A Times Square church isn't just preaching prayer to solve the problem of a billboard featuring bared buttocks that is slated to decorate its building's facade.

It's preaching litigation.

The Times Square Church is seeking a court injunction to prevent the installation of the billboard on their Broadway building.

Pastor Neil Rhodes says it's wrong as far as he is concerned to have the billboard on a place of worship, where people go to seek God.

But the attorney for the company that owns the sign says Times Square is the billboard capital of the world, home to the most sensational ads in the "universe." Attorney Adam Silverstein also notes that there is a strip club across the street from the church.

The full-color ad that will go up on the church's building wraps around two sides of the building and features several photographs of nudes turned with their buttocks to viewers. The ads promote the Washlet, a bidet and toilet seat.

A judge may make a decision on the injunction on Monday.

(© 2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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