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Festivus pole to go up in Florida Capitol rotunda
Orlando Sentinel ^ | December 9, 2013 | im Turner,

Posted on 12/09/2013 12:09:27 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

TALLAHASSEE —A nearly 6-foot-tall "Festivus" pole made from empty beer cans will be put up in the Florida Capitol this week as a not-so-subtle protest to the recent placement of a Christmas nativity scene.

The mock monument will be erected most likely on Wednesday in the same first-floor rotunda as a nativity scene depicting the birth of Jesus Christ put up last week by the Florida Prayer Network.

"I still chuckle, I literally can't believe there will be a pile of Pabst Blue Ribbon cans in the state rotunda," said Chaz Stevens, a Deerfield Beach resident who applied to the state Department of Management Services to put the Festivus pole on display.

Stevens, who operates a blog that focuses on South Florida politics, said the intent of the Festivus pole is to make a political statement on the need for the separation of church and state.

He compared the Festivus pole with the nativity scene as "my ridiculous statement versus what I consider, as an atheist, as their ridiculous statement."

(Excerpt) Read more at orlandosentinel.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: beer; beercans; christmas; festivus; festivuspole; pabstblueribbon; tallahassee; waronchristmas; waronchristmas2013
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1 posted on 12/09/2013 12:09:27 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

“Chaz” huh? SWISH!!!


2 posted on 12/09/2013 12:11:28 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (If you think signing up for ObamaCare was fun, wait until you try to use it.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife; MotleyGirl70; Cagey; Mr. Brightside; earlJam; Rb ver. 2.0; lesser_satan; ...

It’s a festivus miracle!!


3 posted on 12/09/2013 12:12:56 PM PST by Gamecock (There are not just two ways to respond to God but three: irreligion, religion, and the gospel. (TK))
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To: FlingWingFlyer
Chaz's blog
4 posted on 12/09/2013 12:13:38 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

A fake holiday. Like kwanzaa.


5 posted on 12/09/2013 12:14:00 PM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible traitors. Complicit in the destruction of our country.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

If you are opposed to a display, it is moronic and hypocritical to put up your own display.
A 2000 year old tradition and the best he can do is a fabricated holiday from an old TV show.


6 posted on 12/09/2013 12:15:03 PM PST by AppyPappy (Obama: What did I not know and when did I not know it?)
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To: F15Eagle

I think it was used in a letter from Jefferson to someone else. No official documents.


8 posted on 12/09/2013 12:16:35 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Interesting to see that the people who work for us here in Florida think it’s a good idea to mock the values that many of us take quite seriously.


9 posted on 12/09/2013 12:17:31 PM PST by Arm_Bears (Refuse; Resist; Rebel; Revolt!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

My interpretation is just the opposite. I think the Festivus pole displays how petty this atheist is, and how he is just using this to bring attention to himself. Plus I’d like to kick his ass during the fetes of strength.


10 posted on 12/09/2013 12:17:44 PM PST by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

These people will go to great lengths to not simply destroy Christmas but to destroy the Christian faith.

A so called “Festivus” pole in the Florida capitol building and the a proposed monument to satan at the Oklahoma capitol.

Not to mention the litigious assaults brought upon us by Muslims, pagans and Godless atheists all designed to destroy Christians’ First Amendment Rights.


11 posted on 12/09/2013 12:17:44 PM PST by Oliviaforever
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Wonder how well Chaz does with the Feats of Strength.


12 posted on 12/09/2013 12:18:49 PM PST by AU72
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Gad, the man is obsessed with the penis, eh? He has them all over that site.


13 posted on 12/09/2013 12:19:41 PM PST by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Festivus!


14 posted on 12/09/2013 12:21:26 PM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: goodwithagun
.....I think the Festivus pole displays how petty this atheist is, and how he is just using this to bring attention to himself....

I agree. A narcissist.

15 posted on 12/09/2013 12:22:04 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: AU72

I’m guessing that Chaz gets “pinned” easily. I wonder if Chaz knows that if he put this up at Ramadan, his severed head would be on top of it.


16 posted on 12/09/2013 12:23:29 PM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

They are trashing Festivus too. Beer cans? PBR?


17 posted on 12/09/2013 12:23:30 PM PST by DManA
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To: Gamecock

A pole.... Requires no decoration. I find tinsel distracting.

Festivus for the rest of us!!!


18 posted on 12/09/2013 12:24:04 PM PST by Autonomous User (Pain Fades. Chicks Dig Scars. Glory, lasts forever.)
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19 posted on 12/09/2013 12:24:56 PM 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: goodwithagun
Great explanation, really like this part of it:

"Plus I’d like to kick his ass during the fetes of strength."

20 posted on 12/09/2013 12:25:37 PM PST by The Cajun (Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert......Nuff said.)
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