The first lawsuit of the season over refusing a Christmas display has been filed in Michigan.
The case is being handled by the Thomas More Law Center. Brian Rooney, an attorney and spokesman for the Center, provides more information. "In this particular case we have a Michigan town in Macomb County, Michigan, that had allowed a nativity scene for upwards of 63 years, and they get one threatening letter from the Freedom from Religion Foundation and decide that nativity scenes are no longer allowed," reports the attorney. Rooney says the town of Warren requires a permit process, a process Rooney's associates attempted. "Well, lo and behold we asked for the permit, and [our client] gets denied because they say it's of a religious nature," he explains. "And that's classic unconstitutional denial of somebody's right to put a nativity scene in a public forum that has been opened up by the city." According to the attorney, the city does provide permission for secular displays, but religious ones are no longer permitted. Rooney believes Warren officials were so frightened of a lawsuit by the Freedom from Religion Foundation that they put themselves in a position of being sued by the action they took.
The case is being handled by the Thomas More Law Center. Brian Rooney, an attorney and spokesman for the Center, provides more information. "In this particular case we have a Michigan town in Macomb County, Michigan, that had allowed a nativity scene for upwards of 63 years, and they get one threatening letter from the Freedom from Religion Foundation and decide that nativity scenes are no longer allowed," reports the attorney. Rooney says the town of Warren requires a permit process, a process Rooney's associates attempted. "Well, lo and behold we asked for the permit, and [our client] gets denied because they say it's of a religious nature," he explains. "And that's classic unconstitutional denial of somebody's right to put a nativity scene in a public forum that has been opened up by the city."
According to the attorney, the city does provide permission for secular displays, but religious ones are no longer permitted. Rooney believes Warren officials were so frightened of a lawsuit by the Freedom from Religion Foundation that they put themselves in a position of being sued by the action they took.
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