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Sat, 09 December 2006 20:40

Blazer
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Summary: The seatle airport has put up Christmas trees for the past 10 years. This year, some fuckhole threatened to sue them because the trees didn't represent his religion.

Apparently he would have been satisfied if they allowed him to put up an 8 foot menorah (I doubt he really wanted this and he was most likey being sarcastic). So he gave them a deadline of 2 days to meet his demands, or else he would sue. The airport didn't have time to deal with him so they complied and took down the decorations.

I have no problem with freedom of religion, and yeah I can obviously see that Christmas trees do not represent his religion, but what the fuck are they supposed to do? Reserve half of the aiport space so they can put up Menorahs, Buddahs, and the like to make sure they cover every religion so that someone won't sue them?

I think its sad that they were forced to undecorate the airport just to avoid being sued. Would it be so bad if the airport were able to say basically, "too bad if you don't like it, these decorations have been put up every year and they aren't bothering anyone but you so fuck off"? Come on, do you believe this guy was actually offended by Christmas trees...more likely he just raised a stink because he wanted attention...otherwise he would be doing the same thing to every department store and mall in the area as well.

news story

SEA-TAC Airport - All of the Christmas trees inside the terminal at Sea-Tac have been removed in response to a complaint by a rabbi.

A local rabbi wanted to install an 8-foot menorah and have a public lighting ceremony. He threatened to sue if the menorah wasn’t put up, and gave a two-day deadline to remove the trees...

The same decorations have been put up for at least 10 years...

The full story is at http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_120906WABxmastreesEL.11b0d0cc.html#

[Updated on: Sun, 10 December 2006 14:34]

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		Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: Blazer on Sat, 09 December 2006 20:40
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport take down Christmas Trees By: z310 on Sat, 09 December 2006 20:54
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport take down Christmas Trees By: NukeIt15 on Sat, 09 December 2006 21:33
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport take down Christmas Trees By: superj69 on Sat, 09 December 2006 21:35
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport take down Christmas Trees By: fl00d3d on Sat, 09 December 2006 21:49
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport take down Christmas Trees By: puddle_splasher on Sun, 10 December 2006 04:41
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport take down Christmas Trees By: Sniper_De7 on Sun, 10 December 2006 05:07
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport take down Christmas Trees By: GoArmy44 on Sun, 10 December 2006 22:51
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport take down Christmas Trees By: SeargentSarg on Mon, 11 December 2006 08:20
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport take down Christmas Trees By: fl00d3d on Thu, 14 December 2006 12:39
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport take down Christmas Trees By: superj69 on Thu, 14 December 2006 21:48
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport take down Christmas Trees By: SlikRik on Sun, 10 December 2006 07:31
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport take down Christmas Trees By: xptek on Sun, 10 December 2006 10:46
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: fl00d3d on Sun, 10 December 2006 16:20
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: puddle_splasher on Mon, 11 December 2006 04:21
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: Spoony on Mon, 11 December 2006 07:07
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: Sniper_De7 on Mon, 11 December 2006 06:02
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: puddle_splasher on Mon, 11 December 2006 07:07
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: U927 on Mon, 11 December 2006 10:40
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: puddle_splasher on Mon, 11 December 2006 13:45
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: cheesesoda on Mon, 11 December 2006 15:22
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		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: warranto on Mon, 11 December 2006 14:23
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: cheesesoda on Mon, 11 December 2006 15:39
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: xptek on Mon, 11 December 2006 17:05
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: puddle_splasher on Tue, 12 December 2006 05:01
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		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: Goztow on Tue, 12 December 2006 06:53
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: cheesesoda on Tue, 12 December 2006 10:49
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: warranto on Tue, 12 December 2006 11:13
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: PlastoJoe on Tue, 12 December 2006 11:51
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: warranto on Tue, 12 December 2006 13:05
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: Blazer on Tue, 12 December 2006 13:51
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: Jecht on Tue, 12 December 2006 20:17
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: xptek on Tue, 12 December 2006 21:32
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: Goztow on Wed, 13 December 2006 00:50
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: fl00d3d on Wed, 13 December 2006 12:04
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		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: fl00d3d on Wed, 13 December 2006 12:06
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: warranto on Wed, 13 December 2006 13:09
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: fl00d3d on Wed, 13 December 2006 14:21
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: cheesesoda on Wed, 13 December 2006 16:45
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: fl00d3d on Wed, 13 December 2006 20:24
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: puddle_splasher on Thu, 14 December 2006 03:19
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: PlastoJoe on Wed, 13 December 2006 19:23
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: fl00d3d on Sat, 16 December 2006 12:41
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: Weirdo on Mon, 18 December 2006 12:40
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: cheesesoda on Mon, 18 December 2006 13:09
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: Blazer on Wed, 20 December 2006 23:18
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: cheesesoda on Thu, 21 December 2006 07:57
		Re: Religious Zealot forces airport to take down Christmas Trees By: icedog90 on Sun, 24 December 2006 23:52

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