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To: Albion Wilde
If a public agency wants exclusively Christian displays during the Christian season, to the exclusion of others, they're out of luck...Do you think this is a good thing?

Christian displays during Christmas, sure, it's a Christian holiday. Menorahs, personally, I don't consider Chanukah a secular holiday, much less a shopping and drinking holiday, so I prefer home and synagogue displays. I have no problem with the court rulings prohibiting exclusivly Christian displays, those that bar other faiths. I admit it's not a big issue to me, I don't need "Public Square Christians" howling about a menorah to inform me of the existance of bigots.

282 posted on 12/11/2006 1:20:21 PM PST by SJackson (had to move the national debate from whether to stay the course to how do we start down the path out)
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To: SJackson
I admit it's not a big issue to me, I don't need "Public Square Christians" howling about a menorah to inform me of the existance of bigots.

We're getting closer to understanding each other here. I am wondering, though, if the issue of "public square" automatically indicates the presence of bigots. Is it bigotry to put up a nativity, or just to tell Jews they can't put up a menorah during the Jewish calendar time for Hannukah? I think Jews should be able to display menorahs publicly.

Your remark on an earlier post for Muslims also to be able to put up the crescent because there is a Christmas tree up has concerned me; whereas if they want to hang illuminated crescents around town and share their crescent stories during the Ramadan season, they should have a right. Insisting on doing so during the Christmas season is inappropriate and covetous, IMHO.

368 posted on 12/11/2006 3:02:13 PM PST by Albion Wilde (...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. -2 Cor 3:17)
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