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- From: tjm@hrt213.brooks.af.mil (Tim Miller)
- Subject: Re: ACLU/AJC Menorah Police?
- In-Reply-To: strnlght@netcom.com's message of Tue, 22 Dec 1992 23: 07:02 GMT
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- Organization: AL/HRTI, Brooks AFB
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 13:17:11 GMT
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- On Tue, 22 Dec 1992 23:07:02 GMT, strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) said:
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- D> Marc Colten says Chabad got permission to put up a Menorah, and
- D> now the KKK wants to put up a cross.
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- Correction: *Put* (past tense) up a cross.
-
- The KKK got themselves a permit and put an 8-foot tall white
- cross with a verse from John (I think) in the same square that the
- menorah was placed.
-
- In yesterday's paper, there was a photo of someone standing on
- the cross, which had been knocked down. It seems someone earlier in the
- day had attempted to tear down the cross and was arrested for disorderly
- conduct. Later, someone knocked it over, and other passerby broke it.
- The police cleared it away as a hazard (nails and things sticking out.)
-
- The authorities say that they still have a permit to place
- another cross there should they choose. The KKK has not commented about
- their intentions.
-
- As for the menorah being not a religious symbol but an
- historical commemoration, the point is moot. It is recognized not as
- statuary but as a part of a religious service and holiday, and regarded
- as a religious symbol.
-
- -- Cerebus <tjm@hrt213.brooks.af.mil>
- "I liked living in Cinci. I'm sorry to see it going downhill."
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