In historic first, Nativity scene goes on display at US Capitol

[Michie]

Event marks end of years-long legal battle

For the first time in history, a Nativity scene was displayed on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Tuesday, marking what organizers say is a milestone for religious freedom and the First Amendment.

The display, accompanied by prayer, Christmas carols and a reading of the Christmas story, was made possible by a landmark federal court decision that granted Rev. Patrick Mahoney and his supporters the right to peacefully celebrate the Christmas season on Capitol grounds.

Held on the southeastern steps of the Capitol, the display was the culmination of a legal battle that began over a decade ago when Mahoney, director of the Washington, D.C.-based Christian Defense Coalition, faced repeated threats of arrest for his attempts to read the Christmas story from the Bible and hold a Nativity display at the Capitol Christmas tree.

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In historic first, Nativity scene goes on display at US Capitol

For the first time in history, a Nativity scene was displayed on the steps of the U S Capitol, marking what organizers say is a milestone for religious freedom and the First Amendment

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[RileyG]

That's pretty awesome! Thanks for posting

 

[Sir Joseph]

Event marks end of years-long legal battle

For the first time in history, a Nativity scene was displayed on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Tuesday, marking what organizers say is a milestone for religious freedom and the First Amendment.

The display, accompanied by prayer, Christmas carols and a reading of the Christmas story, was made possible by a landmark federal court decision that granted Rev. Patrick Mahoney and his supporters the right to peacefully celebrate the Christmas season on Capitol grounds.

Held on the southeastern steps of the Capitol, the display was the culmination of a legal battle that began over a decade ago when Mahoney, director of the Washington, D.C.-based Christian Defense Coalition, faced repeated threats of arrest for his attempts to read the Christmas story from the Bible and hold a Nativity display at the Capitol Christmas tree.

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In historic first, Nativity scene goes on display at US Capitol

For the first time in history, a Nativity scene was displayed on the steps of the U S Capitol, marking what organizers say is a milestone for religious freedom and the First Amendment

www.christianpost.com

Thanks for the post; it's good news I hadn't heard. Unfortunately it's only a small battle victory circumventing the war we already lost with the 1989 Supreme Court Case (Co. of Allegheny v. ACLU 492 U.S 5730) prohibiting display of Christmas nativity scenes on public property. What we need is another radical Supreme Court reversal of this standing law that still prevents most public nativity scenes. Pray for the current court of conservative justices to get such an opportunity.