In an awkward and yet completely predictable move, an atheist activist is complaining that a Christmas sign was erected alongside an atheist “there are no gods” sign in Shelton, Connecticut.

Hemant Mehta, who works as the “Friendly Atheist” blogger, whined that the Christmas sign raised next to the anti-Christmas sign [emphasis added]

may seem innocuous enough — and perfectly legal — but it’s another sign of how little atheists are respected in the community…

Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti couldn’t handle that atheist message, which is why he felt compelled to put up his own sign wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays…

While many atheists are content to let people say Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, groups of perpetually offended militant atheists “can’t handle that [Christmas] message,” so they troll the country looking for Christmas displays they can remove. When they’re unsuccessful, they then try to raise “counter-displays” that, rather than celebrate anything, denigrate the beliefs of Christians — preferably making the situation so toxic that all displays are banned in the process.

In fact, on the very same day Mehta put up this blog post, he put up another praising the plan by atheists to raise a satanist display next year to counter a Nativity scene in the Massachusetts state house. (Notice, atheists aren’t proposing an atheistic display, but rather a theistic display — one they think will be the most irksome to those they want to offend.)

By contrast, note the Shelton display says nothing more than “Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.” It denigrates no one.

Mehta’s conclusion about the Christmas sign raised alongside the atheist one was filled with hypocrisy:

It’s not that what Lauretti did was illegal. It’s just a petty, spiteful move.

As spoken by a petty, spiteful atheist.  Nice work, Hemant.

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