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."
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“Chaz” huh? SWISH!!!
It’s a festivus miracle!!
A fake holiday. Like kwanzaa.
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.
I think it was used in a letter from Jefferson to someone else. No official documents.
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.
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.
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.
Wonder how well Chaz does with the Feats of Strength.
Gad, the man is obsessed with the penis, eh? He has them all over that site.
Festivus!
I agree. A narcissist.
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.
They are trashing Festivus too. Beer cans? PBR?
A pole.... Requires no decoration. I find tinsel distracting.
Festivus for the rest of us!!!
"Plus I’d like to kick his ass during the fetes of strength."
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