[daviscupper]

You lost me. Are you saying the Port Authority's decision to put up Christmas trees was illegal? Or are you saying the Port Authority's decision to tear down the Christmas trees is illegal?

Personally I do not think the Port Authority did anything illegal. I just think the decision of the rabbi to threaten the Port Authority with a Federal lawsuit was stupid, childish, petty and mean-spirited. I wish the Port Authority had acted differently but the rabbi's actions were outrageous!

[APRPEH]

not where I was going. denying the right to display the menorah while displaying trees is the problem. that is what the court addressed in regards to trees and menorahs.

[SJackson]

You lost me. Are you saying the Port Authority's decision to put up Christmas trees was illegal? Or are you saying the Port Authority's decision to tear down the Christmas trees is illegal?

The Port Authority's decision to bar the Menorah was illegal. The Holiday Trees (Sea-Tacs description, not mine) are irrelevant. Other than if a public agency is going to display a Christmas Tree, they're stuck with including a Menorah, or other religious symbols, if requested. Even if they call it a Holiday Tree.

[gogogodzilla]

I wish the Port Authority had acted differently but the rabbi's actions were outrageous!

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So, it's outrageous to desire a Hanukah display? And when the Port Authority dithers about until the last minute, to actually try and do something to force the issue?

Why the hostility towards Hanukah? Got some sorta deep seated issue with it, or the people who celebrate it?