By Janet I. Tu and Lornet Turnbull
Seattle Times staff reporters
The holiday trees that went away in the middle of the night are back.
Tonight, Port of Seattle staff began putting up the trees they had taken down Friday night after a local rabbi requested that a Hanukkah menorah also be displayed. Port officials said the rabbi's lawyer had threatened to imminently file a lawsuit, leaving them with insufficient time to consider all the issues.
A nationwide furor erupted over the weekend as news of the trees' removal spread, with a flood of calls to Port officials and harshly worded e-mails to Jewish organizations. Today, Rabbi Elazar Bogomilsky said he would not file a lawsuit and the Port, in response, said it would put the trees back up. (Read whole story here.)
The War against Christianity continues in this country and across the world, specifically the War on Christmas. First we are told we cannot exhibit our Nativity Scenes. Next we have been told we cannot say “Merry Christmas” and now the attack on our Christmas Trees. Are we going to allow our First Amendment right to Freedom of Religion to continue to be taken away from us? The last time I looked the First Amendment says:
CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION, OR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF
It has not been changed YET as far as I know. It says that congress cannot prohibit the “free exercise” of our religion, but why are Christians slowing losing their right to practice their religion in this Country?
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