Posted on 12/02/2008 6:50:52 PM PST by NavyCanDo
The State of Washington accepted an application from an atheist group, the Freedom From Religion Foundation, to place an anti-religion message as part of the state's official holiday display in the state capitol rotunda steps from a traditional nativity scene. The decision is the culmination of a three-year long battle in Washington over inclusiveness in holiday displays. In 2006, the Port of Seattle removed a Christmas tree from the Seattle-Tacoma airport after a local rabbi requested to add a menorah to honor Hanukkah. That same year, an Olympia real estate agent, Ron Wesselius, requested to place a nativity scene inside the capitol building after observing a menorah displayed there. He was denied and filed suit. The state settled, allowing the manger to be displayed in 2007.
The atheist group's sign reads:
"At this season of the winter solstice, may reason prevail. There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds."
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One of my dearest friends lives in Washington and even though he is a Christian, he’s a democrat first apparently. He voted for Obama. We almost came to blows over it..on e-mail, of course. Sigh. Washington is full of democrats, I see.
Kwaanza celebrates blackness. Christmas celebrates Christ. So Kwaanza is no threat to them. It’s only Christianity (Christ) who poses a threat. Go figure.
The governor approved it.
No! It DOES NOT!! It "supports" radical ideology, and was invented by a convicted torturer in the '60's or '70's.
Well, it seems that it’s only the blacks that celebrate it. It’s THEIR holiday, so to speak, no matter who originated it. It’s not MY holiday.
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