The Rabbi requested a Menorah be displayed. As is done throughout the country.
Sea-Tac freaked, took down the trees rather than display the Menorah.
Does the general public give two hoots about the Menorah, perhaps not, and if the price of Holiday Trees is a Menorah, perhaps most Americans don't give a hoot, if Sea-Tac says no trees if theres a Menorah, the heck with the Menorah.
As to agreeing with the Rabbi, as I've stated dozens of times now, involving a lawyer was stuupid. Requesting a Menorah, well sure, that's OK here in America. My guess most of the general public is OK with that, but certainly not all.
We're in closer agreement than I orginally thought. I still don't think the Rabbi should have requested it because Christmas trees aren't a religious symbol, and in fact many Christians I consider on the fringe won't have one at all because they consider them pagan.
I hope you won't deny that this was a public relations setback for the Jewish faith, whether it was accurately reported or not. Because it was. Rabbis shouldn't go around threatening harmless American tradition with lawyers. They should hire Alan Dershowitz, because nobody expects him to take a reasonable position.
It's nice that idiots don't think public authorities are routinely successfully sued in America for displaying religious symbols.
Too bad it's not true.
No, they freaked at the prospect of a lawsuit. As others have noted, if SEA-TAC put up a Jewish symbol, then the Muslims would have started in. And some lawyer would have called representing some pagan group that wants to celebrate the Winter Solstice Festival. Airport management didn't want to open that can of worms even a little crack