Exhibits, Shows and Displays

So, are Atheist displays alongside other seasonal displays just there to tick people off?

Passover, Kwanzaa, Christmas... all allowed to have displays in government/public places to recognize and celebrate the season's holidays. So, why do Atheists feel compelled to put up displays next to them just saying it's bunk? Most state capitols now have Atheist displays saying it's all junk put up next to the religious displays.

Public Comments

1. Ain't freedom grand?
2. Why else put up a sign stating your non-belief. Shouldn't their signs just be blank?
3. THE BOOK OF MORONI CHAPTER 8 Infant baptism is an evil abomination—Little children are alive in Christ because of the atonement—Faith, repentance, meekness and lowliness of heart, receiving the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end lead to salvation. Between A.D. 400 and 421 1 An epistle of my father Mormon, written to me, Moroni; and it was written unto me...
4. Possibly some of them are just there to tick people off. Some of the religious ones are probably just there to have something pretty there, or because it's traditional. I suppose the other thing is that we get displays everywhere, so atheists might feel compelled to also have a display as a way of saying that there are atheists, to make sure that they're not ignored completely: a kind of "We're here, there is an alternative view on this". Sometimes the existence of atheism is kind of ignored (especially in ceremonies and speeches), so this can be a reaction to that. It can sometimes be quite isolating when you believe in something which isn't the dominant belief in an area, so these displays might be a way of reaching out to solitary atheists and saying "You're not alone". Some of these are a way of trying to make people think. Does it really matter?
5. No, religious symbols are not allowed on federal government property and public space. That is according to the US Constitution. The fact that individual states display a range of illiteracy, stupidity, and unAmerican behavior (overwhelmingly so in the Bible Belt) is another issue. Besides, look at it as a public service that would not be necessary if more Americans learned to recognize junk when they saw it for themselves.
6. Oh it absolutely is to piss off people with religion and who have an actual reason for a holiday. An atheist can pick any other day of the year but to choose the holiday times is just being ignorant. But in a way it can be counterproductive. If their message is alongside several others, it is easily overlooked, or if not overlooked then discussed and dismissed. If they pick, say July 19th (which as far as I know is not any particular holiday) and have a display then it gets a lot of attention and people pondering what they are saying. What I don't understand if why atheists even care. If you don't believe in anything, then what does it matter? The U.S. Constitution does not ban religious symbols on federal property. It does ban government coercion for a particular religion, i.e. no state-sanctioned church.