Posted on 12/10/2005 6:20:08 AM PST by mslee
Huntington officials worked all night readying staff for the coming snow, but instead they woke up to a different storm Friday: a local lawyer sued to remove a nativity scene from the town's public lawn and stop Friday's Christmas tree-lighting ceremony. Mitchell Pashkin, 39, an attorney from Huntington, filed his suit in U.S. District Court in Central Islip, saying the nativity scene, Christmas tree and two signs on the Village Green that read "Peace on Earth" violated his constitutional rights because of their religious overtones. The display -- at the corner of Park Avenue and Route 25A -- included a menorah, which Pashkin wrote was "dwarfed in significance and stature" and "appears as nothing more than a token attempt to be inclusive to the Jewish population." Judge Leonard Wexler helped broker a compromise between Pashkin and the town Friday afternoon that allowed the tree ceremony to take place, Huntington Supervisor Frank Petrone said. The deal calls for the town to put up large signs stating the nativity scene was donated by Huntington's Knights of Columbus and that the menorah came from the Chabad-Lubavitch in Melville, Petrone said. The signs are expected to be up Saturday and also must say that the nativity scene and the menorah are not town property. The town board has scheduled a vote to approve the settlement Tuesday, officials said. Also, Wexler has scheduled a hearing at 6 p.m. on the same day in case the board does not approve the deal. "I'm not anti-religion or against Christmas. This is not an attack on Jesus or Christians," said Pashkin, who declined to disclose his faith, saying it has nothing to do with his position. "I just don't want the town endorsing one religion. Lots of people out there don't celebrate Christmas."
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Another sign that FNC is just another part of the MSM. I first noticed it when they did not use the word "Muslim" when discussing the riots in France.
Nativity scenes have always pissed off Jews. I'm thinking some of these Jewish lawyers are looking at CAIR and saying to themselves, if the Moslems can get pushy about refusing to assimilate into Christian society, so should we.
I don't know about Huntingdon, but any town with 'Islip' in its name is predominantly Italian & Catholic. You can't move there and not expect a nativity scene at Christmas.
"Lots of people out there don't celebrate Christmas."
BFD
The vast majority do.
STFU and Merry Christmas.
500 quatloos sez he's a devout Sodomite.
I did a google search and his law firm is listed under his name.
I'm Secretary of the Department of Knock That Sh*t Off and I order you to knock that sh*t off! Dittos from the Department of Enough Already!
Hey old timer. You joined same year I did. I was just a 'lurker' the month you joined. LOL
Hey oldtimer. You joined the same month I joined. There are still a few of us who have hung on through the flame wars, eh?
In Queens one Jewish employee objected loudly to the annual display of a tree in NYC DEP offices. The tree was removed but was back up within 48 hours after the overwhelming fifgt-back.
In Nassau County the Jewish supivisor of the Town of North Hempstead was forced to aoplogize in the media for denigrating the Manhasset annual Christmas display. He got the lid slammed hard on his d*** and was all over the TV with his mea culpas.
Now this guy in Huntington.
Jews and Catholics have always been cool on LI. Every town I've lived in here for fifty plus years has been mixed that way. Never have I seen this idiocy.
for sure! glad we hung in here all these years. there has been a lot of great Americans who have come aboard. I do miss the Clinton days though. we had a lot of fun here.
LOL!
WVNan? Wrong Huntington. ;)
Actually, not a bad deal.
I noticed that too! and came to the same conclusion after reading that posting about Prince @$$head bin-Camelfart the Stockholder.
Well I wrote to FOX & Friends and ask why..not the weekend crew But ED and the Guys..I doubt I will get an answer though..A friend I wrote to about this said they sent it to O'Reiley..
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