Anti-faith 'rant' will stay, says Wash. governor

[joanne_h]

Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 12/15/2008 8:05:00 AMWashington's governor is permitting display of a Christmas-bashing atheist sign.As Liberty Counsel's Mat Staver explains, the holiday display in the state Capitol includes a Christmas tree, nativity scene, menorah. "Next to those three symbols is a rant by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, purportedly to celebrate the Winter Solstice -- but it doesn't do anything of the kind," says the Christian attorney. "It's a rant against the existence of God. It claims that there is no god, [that] there are no angels or devils or heaven or hell, and that reason should prevail." Governor Chris Gregoire does not have to permit the atheist sign because it must meet the theme of the display, which it does not, says Staver. The sign, he says, is totally out of place because the other three items are symbols -- not attacks on other religions and their holidays. "It's absolutely outrageous that this sign is there," Staver asserts, "and we ought to call on the governor to remove this travesty." The governor said she has no choice but to allow the sign -- a stance Liberty Counsel labels as "erroneous."

 

[Dagda]

What was the text of the sign? I'm not a fan of people using freedom of speech to make argumentative assertions regarding religion, but it's not like that's the sole purview of atheists.