Atheists unveil monument in Florida and promise to build 50 more

[RainDog]

12. They are saying to religious groups

this - if religious groups insist on putting their religious beliefs on display in public places, then nonbelievers will do the same.

personally, it's not something I would be involved in, but I do care about it, in terms of correcting the misplaced notion that religion has the right to exist in the public sphere without anyone else having an opinion.

It's about not being silent.

Considering all the intrusion of religion that we have in political life at this time - this year alone - HUNDREDS of legislative acts across the nation to restrict healthcare access to women because the religious right is trying to shut down Planned Parenthood clinics across the nation.

Frankly, those people are lucky women don't tear out those religious monuments and beat the shit out of those who hold such sexist views that they think they have the right to deny women access to legal health procedures.

But women are taking the non-violent route and protesting to demand the nation not allow religious assholes to deny women their legal rights.

Religious assholes (as opposed to those who hold religious beliefs but aren't assholes toward others by using those beliefs to discriminate) are the ones who put religious monuments on public display, too.

It's all part of the same mindset.