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"Santa Claus Will Take You to Hell"
Dec. 13th, 2008 09:14 amWell, the battle of the religious displays at the Capitol here just gets better and better. "The Department of General Administration, which oversees the Capitol grounds, declared a moratorium Friday on any pending and future requests to put up displays in the Capitol building."
This all started when a Nativity scene was put up on the Capitol grounds and a hardcore atheist group (I think we need a new name for this type of atheist -- perhaps "anti-theist"?) requested their own display which says, amongst other things, "Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds."
Well, the requests for displays have flooded in since then. Now the jackasses from the Westboro "God Hates Fags" Baptist Church have gotten involved, requesting a display that says "Santa Claus Will Take You to Hell" and "Santa's to blame for the dead soldier's fate." (One of their hobbyhorses is that US soldiers are dying in Iraq because the US condones homosexuality.)
Says the Seattle Times: "The moratorium applies to Westboro's application, along with pending requests for a Buddhist display, a Jewish banner, a mannequin of Satan holding a statement against atheists and wishing them a merry Christmas, an aluminum pole in celebration of the invented holiday of Festivus, and a 'Flying Spaghetti Monster Holiday Display.' A menorah is still scheduled to go up Dec. 21, since that application had already been approved."
I actually think the moratorium is kind of bogus and they should let the shit fly. Where's the harm in it?
This all started when a Nativity scene was put up on the Capitol grounds and a hardcore atheist group (I think we need a new name for this type of atheist -- perhaps "anti-theist"?) requested their own display which says, amongst other things, "Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds."
Well, the requests for displays have flooded in since then. Now the jackasses from the Westboro "God Hates Fags" Baptist Church have gotten involved, requesting a display that says "Santa Claus Will Take You to Hell" and "Santa's to blame for the dead soldier's fate." (One of their hobbyhorses is that US soldiers are dying in Iraq because the US condones homosexuality.)
Says the Seattle Times: "The moratorium applies to Westboro's application, along with pending requests for a Buddhist display, a Jewish banner, a mannequin of Satan holding a statement against atheists and wishing them a merry Christmas, an aluminum pole in celebration of the invented holiday of Festivus, and a 'Flying Spaghetti Monster Holiday Display.' A menorah is still scheduled to go up Dec. 21, since that application had already been approved."
I actually think the moratorium is kind of bogus and they should let the shit fly. Where's the harm in it?
