An atheist organization has filed a lawsuit over a Ten Commandment monument in Arkansas.

Claiming the monument violates the U.S. Constitution, the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) has filed suit along with other atheist and "free thinking" organizations that are co-plaintiffs.

"We fully expected the atheist groups out there to file a lawsuit," responds Jerry Cox, founder and president of Family Council, a conservative education and research organization based in Little Rock.

"I find it interesting," he continues, "these groups criticized the man that knocked the monument down using an automobile. But now they're trying to do the same thing in court and so the end result is pretty much the same: to get rid of the monument."

The incident involving an automobile occurred in 2017 within 24 hours after the monument was placed at the Capitol.

Last month, a second Ten Commandments monument was installed at the same site, this time with protective barriers to prevent intentional destruction.

"The Ten Commandments formed the basis of our law, our culture, and pretty much everything that we are in Western Civilization," claims Cox. "And so, even if a person does not acknowledge God, the Christian God, they still, I think, should acknowledge that the Ten Commandments do form the basis of much of what our society is and that it's proper to put up a monument to that."