Nativity display lawsuit [PHOTOS/VIDEO], The Pacific Justice Institute filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the
City of Santa Monica, Calif., which decided in June to put an end to a
60-year tradition of allowing Nativity displays to be set up in a public
park.
Santa Monica officials snuffed the city's holiday
tradition this year rather than referee the religious rumble, prompting
churches that have set up a 14-scene Christian diorama for decades to
sue over freedom of speech violations. Their attorney will ask a federal
judge Monday to resurrect the depiction of Jesus' birth, while the city
aims to eject the case.
"It's a sad, sad commentary on the
attitudes of the day that a nearly 60-year-old Christmas tradition is
now having to hunt for a home, something like our savior had to hunt for
a place to be born because the world was not interested," said Hunter
Jameson, head of the nonprofit Santa Monica Nativity Scene Committee
that is suing. Go here for more including photos and video.
