Church & State....Lift & separate.

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

If the resident Christians want to put up a nativity, hey, knock yourself out.

Many churches do put nativities on their lawns. Why would they need city hall to do it, too? My guess is - to indicate that this town is Christian. Putting religious displays on public property, expecially in this age, is primarily a political statement - not a religious one - and dilutes any spiritual meaning of the content of the display. Separation of church and state is designed to protect the state from being too dogmatic, and the church from being too political. Each are diminished when they are combined.

[xoxoxoBruce]

HM, you obviously don't live in small town, usa.

Mari, you stinkin' liberal.

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

HM, you obviously don't live in small town, usa.

Mari, you stinkin' liberal.

Last Christmas I was living in the teensy town of Nucla, Colorado. The town hall put up a big bright star that could be seen for quite some distance away. The two local churches featured very gaudy and extravagant manger scenes on their front yards. I lived two houses down from one of the churches and the lights from their manger scene were so bright I hardly needed to turn on the lights in my living room in the evening. Everyone seemed happy with these decorations. I suppose in theory the town hall shouldn't have put up a star?