County Board officials were said to have unanimously voted against it because the application was not complete and "did not meet all of the guidelines."

According to a Christian News Network report, the monument would have featured quotes from Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and American Atheists founder Madalyn Murray O'Hair.

"We will not give up," said Williston Atheists member Charles Ray Sparrow, of the ruling.

Meanwhile, the battle continues…

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