Why do atheists even care if there is a Nativity scene in a park? Are they that easily offended? They are giving good atheists a bad name...
LOS ANGELES (AP)
– There’s no room for the baby Jesus, the manger or the wise men this
Christmas in a Santa Monica park following a judge’s ruling Monday
against churches that tried to keep a 60-year Nativity tradition alive
after atheists stole the show with anti-God messages.
U.S. District Judge Audrey B. Collins rejected a motion from the
Santa Monica Nativity Scenes Committee to allow the religious display
this season while their lawsuit plays out against the city.
Collins said the city was within its constitutional right to
eliminate the exemption that had allowed the Nativity at the oceanfront
Palisades Park because the change affected all comers – from Christians
to Jews to atheists – and provided other avenues for public religious
speech.
The coalition of churches that had put on the life-sized, 14-booth
Nativity display for decades argued the city banned it rather than
referee a religious dispute that began three years ago when atheists
first set up their anti-God message alongside the Christmas diorama.
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