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  • Judge: Holiday display O-K, but mayor's oversight hinders free speech (ACLU Loses)

    11/16/2004 9:16:12 AM PST · by Thanatos · 15 replies · 1,308+ views
    AP Wires | 11-16-2004 | AP Wire
    Judge: Holiday display O-K, but mayor's oversight hinders free speech PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A federal judge says a holiday display in Rhode Island didn't violate the constitutional separation of church and state. But the restrictions the mayor put on it did hinder free speech. The ruling involves a display on the front of City Hall in Cranston last year. Mayor Stephen Laffey had encouraged residents to put up seasonal displays as long as he deemed them appropriate. What resulted was a display with a menorah, an inflatable snowman and Santa Claus, a Nativity scene and a flock of plastic...