I need to find me a HUGE nativity scene and LOTS of red and green lights -- and a banner saying JESUS is the reason for the season -- and put it in my front yard!! Yeah come and take it off my property.. I dare ya big brother!!
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Do whatever the hell you want with your front yard. Just remember when someone destroys it, its probably just your neighbors the 1000w bulbs were keeping up at night, not the ACLU.
My neighbors had a nativity with a sign that said "Happy birthday Jesus" on it, and I thought it was quite sweet. I would not think the same thing if it were on the courthouse lawn.
Go ahead, it's your property.
But you see that city hall (county park, national monument, etc.)? That's not your property. You can't put it there. And I can't put things there either.
See how easy it is? You do what you want on your property (as long as you don't damage anyone else's property) and I do the same, and the Public Property stays unalligned. Simple, yes?
Why would anyone take it off his front yard (unless there are some local zoning laws about "light trespass" or electrical code violations)? I think this must be one of those morons who think the rules about setting up religious displays on public property apply to him, and whine "the atheists are taking away our right to worship".
I'm tempted to join Rapture Ready just to post this part of the article:
""As far as I'm concerned, the group ended up in a very fair place in which primarily secular symbols will be used on city property " task force member Saul Hopper told the newspaper."
Not surprinsingly, this paragraph didn't make it into the forum.
And a question for americans, is it true that the Empire State Building is turned green for the islamic holiday, as one of the posts claims? I suppose the E. S. Building is private property, but why green?
Red and green lights for Jesus!
In my neighborhood it would probably get vandalized, but that's because we have a bunch of punk-ass kids running around, not for any anti-religious reasons.
Jeez, this is basic stuff, people. I know damn well the schools in my country don't give even the vaguest instruction on such matters, but I thought curricula do cover the fundamentals of citizenship, constitutional rights and government limitations over in the states?
It's from this (emphasis added)
Colorado Town Wants To Ban Red And Green Lightstheir Christmas decorations more politically correct.
The task force plans to recommend that the city displays only include white lights, winter symbols that aren't linked with any particular holiday and other non-secular items.
Additionally, Christmas trees will no longer be permitted to be put up outside of public buildings or on public property . The city plans on voting on the recommendations on November 20th.
See that - CITY property - it doesn't apply to PRIVATE property.
But I was forgetting - you're always being persecuted
Oh for God's sake, get over your persecution complex. You people own the entire country lock, stock, and barrel.
Just a couple comments.
First: they do change the color of the lights shining on the top of the Empire State Building for holidays. However, they try to do all holidays, not just christian ones. So it may be red, green, orange, white, blue, or more than one color, depending. As far as I know, no one has ever complained.
As for displays on public property - around here, they typically will have a nativity, a menorah, santa and sleigh all on public grounds. Haven't seen anything for Kwanzaa or Denali yet, except the town signs will usually have a Happy (fill in the holiday) greeting up.
I don't see what the heck is the problem. Red and green lights are not religious, how stupid. Christmas trees are not religiou.s Christmas is a secular holiday and an excuse to have a party. For the Christians it is more important, but that's fine. Nothing wrong with Christmas as a secular holiday and saying Christmas trees and red/green lights are religious symbols is fucking stupid. Everyone needs to chill the fuck out.
Well, it's on your private property, one presumes, so one kind of doubts that they would.
Unless of course you ran your credit card into five figures doing it and didn't bother to pay. Then they might take it away from you.
23.5 degrees axial tilt is the reason for the season!
You put whatever you want on your property. Eyesore or not.
If you try and put it on my property, then we have a problem. Unless you have no problem with me putting displays on your property. We might be able to work something out. I'll let you put a nativity scene on my lawn. Where would you like me to put my 12' tall statue of Odin on your lawn?
just let me point out to you that most of your christian decorations originate in pagan traditions!
Anyway, you put up whatever you want to put up on your roof and front yard and all over your property! i love these gaudy houses with 5 Santas, 3 Frosties and 4 mangers and baby jesuses! Shows great taste!
I actually like Christmas/holiday lights.
Not that they're being banned, mind you; you RR nuts are just (mis)reading persecution and "oh noez teh end tiemz!!one" into everything. As usual.
A statue of Zeus . . . hahaha
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Yeah = Abe Simpson. Yells at the clouds, too.
Well I thought the reason was the Earth's wobble, or Axial Tilt or Axel Foley or one of them.
so stupid it hurts.
Anyway, best wishes to atheists, agnostics, Xians and other religionists, and even fundies at the time of the Solstice, Yule, Saturnalia, festival of Mithras, and Christmas, when we see the days grow longer and spring is on its way. To you and the people you love, even fundies
Actually, the reason is the winter solstice, and many other cultures celebrate it in different ways (and many more have done the same in the past). It's funny that science that is thousands of years old can't penetrate your thick bigotry. Maybe sunlight doesn't reach your parent's basement.
banner saying JESUS is the reason for the season -- and put it in my front yard!! Yeah come and take it off my property.. I dare ya big brother!!
Well ... when the text of your banner is crazy enough, the biggest danger for you is to be posted on FSTDT ;-)
Why steal it, when it gives us so much amusement?
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