Lemme guess: The article was written by an Atheist, right? (*eye roll*)

Exactly, Todd.
I'm surprised the writer didn't provide a video of himself doing a cheerleader routine with pom-poms and all while he told the story.
And if the crowd was "estimated" to be around 20,000, you can be pretty sure it was closer to 200, max.
It's not that easy to get hordes of atheist schmucks together to celebrate their non-belief in something.
They're usually too busy, out looking for crosses that "offend" them.

Sort of like rdgrnr believing Strongly in an Invisible Being That Dwells in the Clouds!

You'll find out when you die.