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Pennsylvania Couple Told To Take Down Jesus Sign Because It’s Apparently ‘Offensive’
Daily Caller ^ | 11/23/17 | Robert Donachie

Posted on 12/23/2017 9:15:51 AM PST by markomalley

A Pennsylvania couple was instructed to take down a Christmas display featuring a “Jesus” sign because it was reportedly “offensive” to their neighbors.

Mark and Lynn Wivell put some Christmas decorations in their front yard on Dec. 16. The centerpiece of their display was a sign with the name of Jesus Christ.

The couple was dumbfounded when they received an email from their homeowners association days after putting up the decorations asking them to remove the display. One neighbor even called it offensive.

“We know that Christmas was about the birth of Jesus,” Wivell said. “I was quite shocked it offended somebody, but I guess in today’s world I shouldn’t have been.”

The homeowners association said that it is not the content of the sign, but rather that the Wivell’s decorations were not in accordance to the association’s rules.

The Wivells have not been formally penalized for the sign, and they plan to keep it up through Jan. 15.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: antichristianbigotry; christmas; hoa; jesus; offensive; pennsylvania; sign
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1 posted on 12/23/2017 9:15:51 AM PST by markomalley
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2 posted on 12/23/2017 9:16:44 AM PST by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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To: markomalley

Jesus is the reason for the season.

5.56mm


3 posted on 12/23/2017 9:18:38 AM PST by M Kehoe
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To: markomalley
they plan to keep it up through Jan. 15

Good for them, and if they continue to object then demand they buy them out at their asking price.

4 posted on 12/23/2017 9:19:13 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: markomalley

a homeowner’s association has rules against such a display? Really?

Off topic, but a good reason to not buy into those master planned communities which have all these rules and regs.


5 posted on 12/23/2017 9:19:50 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: markomalley

Another good reason not to live somewhere that has a Home owners assn.


6 posted on 12/23/2017 9:21:11 AM PST by Paperpusher
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To: markomalley

Let’s see, a Christian cannot not put up a “JESUS” sign up at Christmas, but the HOA would be fine and good if some Hispanic guy named Jesus put his name in his from yard?


7 posted on 12/23/2017 9:21:14 AM PST by Joe Dallas
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To: markomalley

I would never, ever, move to a community that had a homeowners association. I’ve seen this happen way too often with displaying American Flags and religious symbols. And you must sign the agreement when you buy in one.

I would consider moving if I were the homeowner.


8 posted on 12/23/2017 9:23:40 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: markomalley
Never buy where an HOA is in effect. Invariably they are run by agents of the local DNC, natural born gauleiters and apparatchiks.
 
9 posted on 12/23/2017 9:24:20 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (CNN is fake news.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Here's the rule from the HOA website...

19. Display of Christmas and similar holiday decorations, including exterior decorative lights, shall be permitted only from Thanksgiving Day of each year until January 15 of the following year. Display of decorations for other holidays, including, but not limited to, Independence Day and Halloween, shall be permitted for a period beginning ten (10) days prior to the date of the holiday and ending five (5) days after the date of the holiday. No lawn displays or holiday banners are permitted.

They're going after the sign based upon the last part of the rule.

10 posted on 12/23/2017 9:27:46 AM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“Off topic, but a good reason to not buy into those master planned communities which have all these rules and regs.”

When I was a Realtor, I encouraged my clients to avoid HOAs if at all possible.


11 posted on 12/23/2017 9:27:47 AM PST by ScottinVA ( Liberals, go find another country.)
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To: markomalley

Tough way to find out that when you live in a place with a homeowners association they can do what the please. Must read bylaws before going to closing.


12 posted on 12/23/2017 9:29:59 AM PST by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

“Never buy where an HOA is in effect. “


Nonsense!

It’s often a trade-off-——everyone’s circumstances are different.

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13 posted on 12/23/2017 9:30:15 AM PST by Mears
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To: M Kehoe

HOA - they agreed to follow the rules when they bought the house.

Don’t buy a house in a subdivision run by an HOA.


14 posted on 12/23/2017 9:31:15 AM PST by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: markomalley

Persecuting Christians is now the norm.


15 posted on 12/23/2017 9:31:36 AM PST by I want the USA back (Politicians willingly sacrifice White Christians to their real god: muzzies)
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To: Vaquero
"I would never, ever, move to a community that had a homeowners association."

Absolutely!

There is nothing like a HOA to make some people -- people with way too much time on their hands -- to make their inner Nazi come out.

16 posted on 12/23/2017 9:32:28 AM PST by Sooth2222 ("Gun buybacks are one of the most ineffectual public policies that have ever been invented")
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To: markomalley

“...the name above all names...” No wonder the world is offended - even names are no longer “equal.” /s


17 posted on 12/23/2017 9:32:36 AM PST by DennisR
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To: markomalley

Had the sign said ‘Allah” The neighbors wouldn’t have dared complain to the hoa


18 posted on 12/23/2017 9:32:38 AM PST by Bob434
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To: Kent1957
"Another good reason not to live somewhere that has a Home owners assn."


19 posted on 12/23/2017 9:32:54 AM PST by TexasGator (Z)
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To: markomalley

I have zero sympathy for anyone who buys into an HOA. They have turned over much of the benefits of home ownership to a self righteous group of managers and will have to live with the prejudices and bigotries of those managers.


20 posted on 12/23/2017 9:33:39 AM PST by arthurus (v)
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