(December 22, 2014 at 4:43 pm)Doggey75 Wrote: So, I'm back at least for little while and have a concerning issue. My town's deparment building (basically city hall I think) has a nativity scene on their lawn. I first tried calling them. I confirmed it was a government owned building and I asked why they had it. They said it was for Chrismas. I told them it wasn't allowed. A government can not endorse a religion. They then come up with an excuse saying they are going to be putting up a Hanukkah symbol up to. Which doesn't make a difference. When I told the lady on the phone this. She dropped the conversion clearly was mad and told me to write a letter to the mayor. From what I know, writing a letter would get me no where. So, I tried contacting Freedom From Religion and got no answer. So, I'm coming on the forums for some advice on what to do. The problem that I see is I'm 17. I'm pretty certain my parents will be against or neutral to this so I will not have an 18+ help and it's drawing very near to Christmas.
It isn't that it is not allowed. It depends if they deny others the same venue. If they do they are violating the Constitution.
The easiest way to get them to remove it isn't to tell them to remove it. The easiest way to get them to do that is to give them choices, like the brat at the check out counter who throws a fit over the parent not giving them candy.
They can let everything on public property, or they can keep the theme/meme neutral. What they cannot do is use government to set up social pecking orders.
