Court Rejects ACLU, Lets Nativity Remain at Indiana Courthouse for Christmas Season

Michael Foust : Dec 9, 2020
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"Publicly sponsored Nativity scenes on public property are constitutional, especially when the display includes other secular symbols of the holiday. The Supreme Court and many federal courts have upheld Nativity displays. In fact, removing only the religious symbols of the holiday display would demonstrate hostility toward religion, which the First Amendment forbids." -Liberty Counsel Chairman Mat Staver

[ChristianHeadlines.com] A federal district judge has rebuffed an attempt by the American Civil Liberties Union to have a nativity scene removed from an Indiana courthouse lawn, criticizing the legal organization for filing a lawsuit during the holiday season and wanting a "hasty resolution." (Image source: Liberty Counsel)

At issue is a court case that began in 2018 when the ACLU brought a lawsuit against Fulton County, Indiana, on behalf of a man, Roger LaMunion, who lives in the area and objects to the county's annual nativity scene outside the courthouse. The ACLU charges the scene violates the First Amendment... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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