TMLC: Battle for Bayside Nativity Won; War on Christmas Will Continue for Years

Thomas More Law Center ^ | December 20, 2007 | (no annotation)

[Gene Eric]

ANN ARBOR, MI — Persistence paid off for Frances Burke, a senior resident of Bayside, New York. For many years, the Bayside Hills Civic Association refused Burke’s request to include a nativity display in its annual holiday celebration which included a menorah and tree lighting ceremony at the public park.

This year, however, Burke teamed up with the Thomas More Law Center, a national Christian public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, which seeks to restore public acknowledgment of the religious significance of Christmas. As a result, for the first time in its history, the Bayside Hills Civic Association prominently displayed a nativity scene as part of its holiday celebration.  

[Gene Eric]

The Thomas More Law Center is a not-for-profit public interest law firm dedicated to the defense and promotion of the religious freedom of Christians, time-honored family values, and the sanctity of human life.

[NYer]

for the first time in its history

This is wonderful news! I used to reside in Bayside.

[RobbyS]

Curious. Are there lots on Jews in the area.

[RobbyS]

Curious. Are there lots on Jews in the area.

[Coleus]

did you ever meet veronica leuken over there?

[VermiciousKnid]

You grew up in Bayside, NYer? I grew up in Douglas Manor.

Regards,

[NYer]

Thank you all for the interesting posts. :-)

Yes, Bayside has a large Jewish community and no, I never met veronica leuken. That story always bothered me.

You grew up in Bayside, NYer? I grew up in Douglas Manor.

Actually, I spent the first 8 years of my childhood in Cambria Heights. We then moved to Kew Gardens for a few years where I attended Our Lady of the Cenacle in Richmond Hill. Two years later, we moved to Oceanside LI. I attended Sacred Heart Academy in Hempstead. Then 7 years later, my family moved to Douglaston. My grandmother lived in Bayside and after all of the above moves, I did rent an apartment in Bayside for a few years just prior to moving to Huntington. What a small world!