[T]he first public monument to atheism in the United States (…) sits within spitting distance of another monument upon which is engraved the Ten Commandments.
It is this antagonistic proximity to a biblical memorial that suggests the atheist shrine is intended to taunt others in a manner that reflects a Westboro Baptist Church level of gleeful assholery. (…)
In the year 1922 alone, an estimated 8,100 Russian priests, nuns, and monks were martyred for their beliefs—roughly twice the number of blacks lynched throughout American history.
