Atheist Nonbelief Monument Unveiled Saturday: The First Of Many To Help Get Rid Of Religious Statues On Government Grounds

Atheist Nonbelief monument unveiled Saturday in Starke, Fla., which featured the opportunity for someone sit alongside a granite slab that lists the Ten Commandments in front of the Bradford County courthouse.

The Atheist Nonbelief monument unveiled Saturday and reportedly the first of many yet to come. The Inquisitr reported that there will be 50 more monuments built around the U.S.

The Atheist Nonbelief monument is in the form of a large, functional bench, featuring quotes from Madalyn Murray O'Hair and US founding fathers Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, as well as an excerpt from the Treaty of Tripoli signed by President John Adams, according to Inquisitr.

"We planned for 100 to 200 attendees and about 300 people attended, despite the rain," Dave Muscato, the public relations director for American Atheist, told the Chirstian Post. He added that there were various protestors at the Saturday event as well.

The American Atheist face criticism from religious outlets for their thoughts, but Muscato said that there is a purpose for what they are doing.

"It is our preference that the religious monuments in these places be removed-it's our position that religious monuments do not belong on government property," Muscato said. "However, if we are unable to get them removed, we are willing to settle for installing our own monuments adjacent to them. Equality is an all-or-nothing concept: Either no one may place monuments on government property, or anyone can put in a monument.

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