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If Christians can put on their display, I don't see why they object to atheists doing the same. But I can certainly understand why the city of Santa Monica doesn't want to play referee to this:
"Damon Vix didn’t have to go to court to push Christmas out of the city of Santa Monica. He just joined the festivities. The atheist’s anti-God message alongside a life-sized nativity display in a park overlooking the beach ignited a debate that burned brighter than any Christmas candle. Santa Monica officials snuffed the city’s holiday tradition this year rather than referee the religious rumble, prompting churches that have set up a 14-scene Christian diorama for decades to sue over freedom of speech violations. Their attorney will ask a federal judge Monday to resurrect the depiction of Jesus’ birth, while the city aims to eject the case." Atheists’ move halts Christmas tradition in Santa Monica, churches go to court to get it back - The Washington Post
If Christians can put on their display, I don't see why they object to atheists doing the same. But I can certainly understand why the city of Santa Monica doesn't want to play referee to this:
"Damon Vix didn’t have to go to court to push Christmas out of the city of Santa Monica. He just joined the festivities. The atheist’s anti-God message alongside a life-sized nativity display in a park overlooking the beach ignited a debate that burned brighter than any Christmas candle. Santa Monica officials snuffed the city’s holiday tradition this year rather than referee the religious rumble, prompting churches that have set up a 14-scene Christian diorama for decades to sue over freedom of speech violations. Their attorney will ask a federal judge Monday to resurrect the depiction of Jesus’ birth, while the city aims to eject the case." Atheists’ move halts Christmas tradition in Santa Monica, churches go to court to get it back - The Washington Post
If Christians can put on their display, I don't see why they object to atheists doing the same. But I can certainly understand why the city of Santa Monica doesn't want to play referee to this:
"Damon Vix didn’t have to go to court to push Christmas out of the city of Santa Monica. He just joined the festivities. The atheist’s anti-God message alongside a life-sized nativity display in a park overlooking the beach ignited a debate that burned brighter than any Christmas candle. Santa Monica officials snuffed the city’s holiday tradition this year rather than referee the religious rumble, prompting churches that have set up a 14-scene Christian diorama for decades to sue over freedom of speech violations. Their attorney will ask a federal judge Monday to resurrect the depiction of Jesus’ birth, while the city aims to eject the case." Atheists’ move halts Christmas tradition in Santa Monica, churches go to court to get it back - The Washington Post
Did anyone read the article? The atheists acquired spaces to express their views, fair and square, right along with the Christians.
The trouble started when the atheist displays were vandalized.....no doubt.....by Christians.
So.....since the Christians couldn't play nice.....the city said no one gets to play.
Sooooo....how is this the fault of the atheists?
If the Christians had played by the rules.....their displays would still be allowed.....right along with the atheist displays.
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The secular coalition won 18 of 21 spaces. The two others went to the traditional Christmas displays and one to a Hanukkah display.
The atheists used half their spaces, displaying signs such as one that showed pictures of Poseidon, Jesus, Santa Claus and the devil and said: “37 million Americans know myths when they see them. What myths do you see?”
Most of the signs were vandalized and in the ensuing uproar, the city effectively ended a tradition that began in 1953 and earned Santa Monica one of its nicknames, the City of the Christmas Story.
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