December Dilemma

Author: Erika Jacobson Moore Source: Leesburg Today http://www.leesburg2day.com/articles/2009/12/10/news/9956displays121009… As many predicted during the debate about whether holiday displays should be allowed on the grounds of the courthouse, the...

Author: Staff Writer Source: KGW Wire Service: AP http://www.kgw.com/news/local/78933227.html A southern Oregon elementary school principal's decision to remove a holiday "giving tree" after a family's complaint has created an uproar. Now school district...

Author: Patrick Condon Source: Yahoo News Wire Service: AP http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091209/ap_on_re/us_rel_religion_today Angie O'Neill recently moved into a new apartment complex for seniors and she's trying to make new friends. But Christmas is a...

Author: Duke Helfand Source: The Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-beliefs7-2009dec07,0,1767112.st… As the calendar goes, December tends to be a winning month for God. Christians celebrate the birth of Christ. Jews mark the story...

Author: Staff Writer Source: The Seattle Times Wire Service: AP http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010432491_apwacapitolh… A Seattle atheist group and a Jewish group are applying to put up holiday displays on the Capitol...

Author: Rob Luff Source: Public Opinion http://www.publicopiniononline.com/ci_13854798?source=most_viewed An atheistic and agnostic group plans to seek legal action against the Borough of Chambersburg following a decision Monday night that bans anything...

Author: Staff Writer Source: The Economist http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1… On a manicured lawn within the grounds of the Arkansas state capitol in Little Rock a Nativity scene is erected each Advent. It is...

Author: Ian Urbina Source: The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/us/02atheist.html?_r=1&emc=eta1 An unusual holiday message began appearing this week in the nation’s capital on the sides of buses and trains. “No god? ... No problem!” reads...

Author: Derek Kravitz Source: The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/30/AR20091… Carrying coal and wearing Christmas red, dozens of Loudoun residents stormed into a county meeting Monday night to...

Author: Erika Jacobson Moore Source: Leesburg Today http://www.leesburg2day.com/articles/2009/12/03/news/9970display120109… Taking the Grinch out of Loudoun's holiday season, the Board of Supervisors today voted to overturn the decision of the...