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Fight Over Nativity Scene In Santa Monica Heads To Court
AP) ^ | November 18, 2012 10:59 AM

Posted on 11/18/2012 5:19:17 PM PST by BenLurkin

The city of Santa Monica has allowed an elaborate nativity scene in its Palisades Park each Christmas for nearly 60 years, but officials are ending the tradition this year after an atheist set up his own non-religious display and caused an uproar.

Now, the churches behind the nativity are suing in federal court and claim the city violated their freedom of speech by stopping the holiday tradition.

A court hearing Monday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles could decide the fate of the Christian tableau for the upcoming season.

(Excerpt) Read more at losangeles.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: US: California
KEYWORDS: ca; california; nativityscene; santamonica; waronchristmas; waronchristmas2012
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To: ThomasThomas

Oh DUH, was thinking Canada.


21 posted on 11/18/2012 8:21:07 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
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To: ConorMacNessa
The atheists are akin to the ancient women in the Eliot poem - they gather fuel in vacant lots. They believe in nothing and they are nothing.

Who is winning this war???

22 posted on 11/18/2012 9:21:09 PM PST by Digger
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To: Venturer
5 to 1 the Christians lose.

WHY????????

23 posted on 11/18/2012 9:22:09 PM PST by Digger
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To: Digger

They lost.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2961033/posts

There was no doubt in my mind they would lose.

Christianity is under attack in America, and we are losing.


24 posted on 11/19/2012 5:53:40 AM PST by Venturer
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