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Ohio Mayor Reluctantly Changes Christmas Sign

By Howard M. Friedman

Christmas has passed, but controversies of Christmas displays have not. Today's Elyria (OH) Chronicle-Telegram reports that Avon Lake, Ohio's mayor has changed the message he put up Dec. 15 on the display board outside city hall. It read: "Remember Christ is in Christmas." After two members of City Council and the city law director agreed with Americans United that the sign was inappropriate, Mayor Karl Zuber reluctantly took down everything except the word "Remember." Zuber said: "I think the government was founded on Christian principles, and I'm a firm believer in those principles.... I don?t think the message was establishing a church for our nation." Zuber says that next week, the sign will probably be changed to read: "Happy New Year."

Full post as published by Religion Clause on December 27, 2008 (boomark / email).