‘War on Christmas’ Articles
Written by Keven Card on 15 October 2012
SANTA MONICA, CA: In June of 2012 the Santa Monica City Council held a vote to ban all religious displays on public properties. This was in an effort to avoid a controversy created when Atheists within the community complained about the nativity scenes in Palisades Park. In 2011 the city held a lottery in direct [Read More]
Written by Keven Card on 21 December 2011
Atheist Group Wants to Place a Sign Next to a Nativity Scene in Warren: MyFoxDETROIT.com Commentary: This may surprise the readers of TCR but I think that they mayor in this case is wrong not to allow the atheist to display his anti-God sign. The public square should be used to present viewpoints that are [Read More]
Written by Keven Card on 19 December 2011
The Blaze is reporting: The Military Religious Freedom Foundation, a civil rights group, had requested the religious items be removed or relocated after it said it received a complaint from a Travis airman. “Both are clearly accessible on the main road,” a letter from the MRFF to the Air Force said. “This conspicuous display of [Read More]
Written by Keven Card on 19 December 2011
As we’ve previously reported; the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) demanded that Henderson County remove a nativity scene from the lawn of the courthouse stating that it violates the First Amendment’s “establishment clause”. The county refused to comply with the demand and now is under threat of a lawsuit by the organization. The [Read More]
Written by Keven Card on 16 December 2011
The tide to the war on Christmas may be turning this year. Superintendent Jerry Noble at Green County Tech Primary School in Paragould, Arkansas has reversed his previous decision to have a nativity scene removed even though the possibility of legal action against the district looms. TheBlaze.com reports: “Enough is enough,” Noble explains. [Read More]
Written by Keven Card on 15 December 2011
Residents in the little town of Pitman NJ stretched a sign across Main Street in response to what they view as a war on Christmas; the sign which reads ‘Keep Christ in Christmas’ has drawn the attention of the largest atheist group in the U.S. the Freedom from Religion Foundation which says the sign is [Read More]