Posted on 10/09/2009 7:37:37 PM PDT by patriot08
Feds lift ban on 'Jesus' on Capitol Christmas tree:
This hit the net yesterday, and after the conservative net went a little ballistic and fired off some emails, letters, and phone calls, then this morning ..voila.....word comes from Chairman MaoBama's Central Government that the Jesus ban has been lifted.
The people have spoken.....Happy Birthday JESUS!!!!! Although a victory for Christmas lovers, this is a sign this years' war on the birthday of Jesus is getting ready to fire up earlier than ever.
Just one day after WND reported that rules for the 2009 Capitol Christmas Tree program prevented children from submitting decorations with themes such as 'Happy Birthday, Jesus' and 'Merry Christmas,' state and federal officials are confirming the policy has been rescinded.
WND's report came after a letter was sent by the Alliance Defense Fund to officials in Arizona who are assembling thousands of ornaments from children for the annual holiday tree that is erected in front of the White House.
The change was confirmed both by officials in Arizona who have a steering committee to run the program and from officials in the office of the Architect of the Capitol, who administer the program in Washington.
Jonathan Scruggs, litigation staff counsel for the ADF, had written a letter to officials questioning the propriety of limiting religious speech and a specific viewpoint in the decoration program.
'The First Amendment does not allow government officials to exclude schoolchildren's ornaments for the capitol's Christmas tree merely because they communicate a religious viewpoint,' he said.
Read more @ http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=111655
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OH NO he’s not a muslim!! He’s a christian! See? he went to church and everything!!/s
At least we have a record of where Jesus was born. Just wait until they move Christmas celebration to August. What will they call it?
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