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Attorneys Ready to Combat Groups Who Oppose Public Christmas

Nov 24, 2006



Nearly 1,000 attorneys around the country are prepared to combat attempts to censor Christmas. For the fourth year, the legal group, the Alliance Defense Fund, has launched its Christmas Project.

Attorney Heather Gebelin Hacker, says, in the past, groups like the ACLU have improperly tried to get rid of public Christmas displays. Hacker says there is a court ruling that directly refers to such displays:


Hacker: It’s kind of facetiously been called the three reindeer rule, which is, basically, the courts will look at whether or not there are a sufficient number of secular objects, along with any religious objects in the display, as to make it not primarily religious.

Officials with the ACLU did not want to comment for this story. The Alliance Defense Fund says surveys show nearly 90 percent of Americans think it’s OK to wish someone Merry Christmas, and nearly 90 percent believe nativity scenes should be allowed on public property.