FORT LAUDERDALE – On Monday, while Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney campaigned in South Florida prior to his final debate with President Obama, he was followed by a mobile billboard that criticized his religion’s treatment of gays and blacks.

The billboard, sponsored by the group American Atheists, attacked the Mormon Church (more accurately, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or LDS Church), citing the messages “No Blacks Allowed (until 1978)” and “No Gays Allowed (Current).” The first part refers to the LDS Church’s denial of its lay priesthood to black male members until 1978. American Atheists President David Silverman told CNN that the billboard’s second line condemns the religion’s “intolerance” and “bigotry” towards the LGBT community.

LDS Church spokesman Dale Jones told CNN, “This group seems not to know that there have been black members of the Church since our earliest history, and there are many faithful gay members of the Church today.”