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12/2/2007
10:02:00 am EST
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Tree Trimming Organized In Response To Display Controversy
Author: Colleen Locke Source: 9News (CO)
Title: TREE TRIMMING ORGANIZED IN RESPONSE TO DISPLAY CONTROVERSY
Sheriff Jim Alderden led an old fashioned tree trimming celebration Saturday in protest of the City of Fort Collins' decision to remove religious symbols from city property.
The tree trimming was originally organized in response to a holiday task force that recommended the Fort Collins City Council vote to remove all religious references and colored lights from the city's display. Because the sheriff's tree is on county-owned property, it is not subject to any decisions the Fort Collins City Council makes.
Alderden says he received $1,500 in donations for Saturday's event and more than 500 e-mails supporting his stance.
"I've gotten a great deal of pagans and atheists coming in to see me and e-mail me (because of) their recognition that some sort of spirituality isn't a bad thing."
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| There' S Some Light To The Story. | Dec 3rd. at 5:03:46 am EST
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Roy Linford Adams (Buxton, Maine) - Email Me
When I first read the headline I was ready to respond with something like "They do know the christmas tree is a Pagan symbol?"
I guess this line makes it all worth it.
"I've gotten a great deal of pagans and atheists coming in to see me and e-mail me (because of) their recognition that some sort of spirituality isn't a bad thing."
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| Oh Good Grief!! | Dec 2nd. at 2:39:55 pm EST
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Mysteries Child (Garfield, Arkansas) - Email Me
"The tree trimming was originally organized in response to a holiday task force that recommended the Fort Collins City Council vote to remove all religious references and colored lights from the city's display."
I'm afraid to ask. I just have to know, but I'm afraid to ask.
*What* in the name of *Spam* in sectarian/ offensive about *colored lights*?!?!
OK. Yes. They use a lot of energy.
And they're turned on for a few hours a day for about 20 days.
We've used up enough energy for a lifetime of HOLIDAY LIGHTS-- LED or conventional-- fighting over whose holiday this is and who gets to display what.
I'm tempted to hold a tree-trimming of my own. This is *ridiculous*.
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