Posted on 12/09/2013 6:45:29 AM PST by Idaho_Cowboy
Chicago's Daley Plaza, long home to privately maintained Christmas and Hanukkah displays, now has a giant letter "A" representing the atheist and agnostic community.
Nestled between baby Jesus in his manger and a towering menorah with seven candles illuminated, the 8 1/2-foot-tall letter and accompanying signs erected for the first time last week are meant as a counterweight to the religious displays, according to an official with the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the organization responsible for the exhibit.
"The month of December does not just belong to religion or Christianity," said Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the Wisconsin-based foundation. "We're made to feel like outsiders in our own community for at least a month every year when Daley Plaza becomes a nod to a religious holy day."
In a perfect world, Gaylor said, none of the three displays would be in the public space outside the downtown government building.
Atheists and other critics have long opposed the prominent nativity scene along Dearborn Street, arguing that its placement violated the Constitution's separation of church and state. But a federal judge ruled in 1988 that religious exhibits could be erected outside the Daley Center if maintained by private groups, which they are.
During the Wednesday morning commute, passers-by, religious and nonreligious, stated support for having the three exhibits side by side.
"As an atheist myself, I guess it's nice to see a display for us," said Steve Strahm of Chicago.
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Someone put a large Omega sign next to the A. I DARE YOU!
They left the hole out of their monument,
“We’re made to feel like outsiders in our own community for at least a month every year when Daley Plaza becomes a nod to a religious holy day.”
Cry me a river. If you are not religious why would it bother you. Enjoy the festive season and stop looking for reasons to feel like you weren’t picked for the baseball team back in grade school.
Cry me a river. If you are not religious why would it bother you. Enjoy the festive season and stop looking for reasons to feel like you weren’t picked for the baseball team back in grade school.
-——Constitution’s separation of church and state.-——
Where is that in the Constitution ?....line and verse please....
Morons....
-——Constitution’s separation of church and state.-——
Where is that in the Constitution ?....line and verse please....
Morons....
I’ve challenged Atheists with that argument a number of times. It really hacks them off. They refuse to face up to the reality of their religion.
Nutjob Annie Laurie has inherited the family business of opposing religion from her nutjob mother. It’s how they pay the bills, contributions from their supporters probably gives her a comfy salary and self-employment just for pulling stunts like this, year after year.
Imagine the “hole” in the top part of the “A” and the image is complete.
The beauty of Christianity is that it IS all inclusive…if you are left out of the celebration it is by your own choice not because God does not want you at the feast….all are invited
Let them have their giant “A” when the winds of righteousness blow across the Earth it will fall amid the rubble while the Christ child gathers His people.
Atheism IS a religion.
A religious person believes there is a GOD while an atheist believes there is no GOD.
Both BELIEVE something, and neither person can prove, with logic, reason or fact the absence or presence of GOD.
If there is no GOD, then man, is the highest reasoning being in the universe.
If that thought alone doesn't make you believe in GOD, I'll pray for your soul, and you have a nice life.
Atheism is a religion-- far more intolerant and cult-like than anything out there with the possible exception of certain brand of Islam.
They seek to establish themselves as the state religion by default and by excluding all others from the public square.
Even Jim Jones forced only his own followers to drink the Kool Aid. Liberal Atheism seeks to force their Kool Aid on everybody.
In a perfect world, Gaylor said, none of the three displays would be in the public space outside the downtown government building.In a perfect world, everyone would believe in Jesus.
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