Nobody objects to the Festival - here or elsewhere
They object to the act of remembrance being monopolised by the religious (who were very much a part of the butchery of W.W.1) and by politicians, who caused the slaughter in the first place - neither of whom, with their track records, have any right to exclude those of other religions or of none whatever, should they wish to.
There is enough religions trouble in the world today (see Paris) without being told by one particularly unsavoury example of the worst aspects of the Christian religion, who apparently possesses not a scrap of Christian values or humanity, that atheists are not fit to hold such a commemoration and any efforts they might make are fit only to be sneered at and "sold tickets to" - that really does inspire confidence in religion, doesn't it!!
God (whoever's) save us from such fanatics.
Jim Carroll