Church & State....Lift & separate.

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Nucla, Colorado: Bush's pronunciation?

Good one, Bruce! And closer than you might have thought. Nucla is an old uranium mining town in the far western part of Colorado!

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

So the general consensus is that the government should not accommodate the citizens decorating the town property for the Christmas Holidays with a nativity.
How about candy canes, colored lights and Santa Clause? You know, generic commercial trimmings?

Actually, even though I'm not a Christian, I couldn't care less if the city fathers want to put a phalanx of baby Jesus's on the court house lawn every December. It's all the same to me. The trouble is that such an act has the potential for putting us on that infamous slippery slope that has us careening into state sponsored religion. The Christian fundamentalists would walk away with one hell of a settlement from the insurance company while folks like pagans or Buddhists or Jews would end up behind bars for careless driving.

I think people who oppose a candy cane or Santa on the court house lawn are taking it too far, however. The last time I checked, a candy cane was not symbolic of any particular religion.