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ACLU Objects to Wellington's Nativity Scene

Palm Beach Post

Tuesday 20 December 2005, 8:08 pm
Keywords: Christian Topics , News Articles

By Dwayne Robinson, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

Wellington has added a Nativity scene -- along with a Santa Claus, reindeer, Frosty the Snowman and dreidels -- to its holiday display. The crèche was donated, while the other items cost about $5,000.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, while acknowledging that the display probably meets the "silly standards the U.S. Supreme Court may have set 20 years ago" of having nonreligious components accompanying religious ones, has objections.

For one, Wellington opened up its Community Center as a public forum when it included the religious symbols of Christianity and Judaism and now must allow other religious groups, ranging from Wiccans or Buddhists, to also place emblems, the organization argues.

"It is one of the loveliest Nativity scenes I've ever seen," Howard Simon, executive director of the ACLU of Florida, said. "What the city ought to do is donate it to a church."

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