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Minded. i don't think that's valid. >> tucker: i disagree with you but i think you are making a smart point. but, how about just the reality that we see every day? i don't notice christian groups suing to shut down atheist groups because they don't. but i do see a lot of your group trying to -- >> i'm not saying, you know, that there are not militant atheists, right? there are militant atheists. i don't happen to be one of them. we can talk about why atheists become militant more in the united states than europe the focus of this study. here in the united states the atheists are rebelling agai...

We are just wishing everyone a merry christmas. >> all the atheist groups have got and lot louder over recent years. and they say that this is a previous published report that the billboards are needed in the south because discrimination is, quote, especially pronounced in that part of the country. how do you respond to that? >> well, i'm not sure i have a great response for that. i just -- i am really more concerned with the christians than with the atheists. and i think i'm probably more offended by christians who put out flyers and they don't mention christmas. so it's interesting that in o...

>> i'm not good at it. >> i took out the plug and the oil came out and i actual lea had the book out next to me and that's where the oil should have been. >> now you can't do anything to your cars. >> now i just have to pay people to do very basic things. 'tis the season for hiring somebody to change your oil. plus christmas around the corner and the atheist group, american atheists, have taken up some billboards in a number of communities in the bible belt and this is what it says. dear santa, all i want for christmas is to skip church. i'm too old for fairy tales. keep in mind these atheis...

That the administration feels it's a very difficult balance to strike in picking this person to make sure they can be pleasing to all religious ideas and factions. is that possible? >> well, i think it is. because freedom of fought and freedom of religion is something basic, not only the american way of life but to much of the rest. we practice it here, the pluralism and the diversity, you go through neighborhoods and see synagogues and churches of various denominations. you see mosques now, you even see atheist groups with their chapels now. but i think one of the problems is, especially the ...

You see the memorial, a 1,000-square foot memorial. it features two bronze walls and along is etched the story of a young boy who survived the holocaust. the walls meet in the middle to form the star of david. ohio's governor john kasich said at the unveiling he hopes it will remind others of what happens when we allow evil to exist. >> this is going to be a living lesson, not just about the past but it is also about the future. it is just -- i can't even describe the day, how wonderful it is and what it is going to mean for future generations. >> reporter: in that star of david was a big sour...