"The Christians didn't know they were in a race to get to the permit office. Most of these churches are regarding [the atheists' ceremony] as a sad little event."
--Edward Starkey, president of the Ecumenical Council of San Diego Country, which represents about 100 churches, in reference to an atheist group's reserving a city park for Easter services before the Christian groups that usually hold services there could do so.
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