The attacks on Christmas are in full swing. And so far, the prize for trampling on First Amendment rights goes to Fort Collins, Colo., which is considering banning red and green lights from city property because they might be linked to religion.
The city's Holiday Display Task Force soon will make recommendations to the City Council on a policy that allows only white lights and "secular" symbols such as icicles, snowflakes and unadorned greenery.
Mayor Doug Hutchinson said he liked the group's suggestion for a display that would include a "balance of religious and secular items.”
Hiram Sasser, director of litigation for the Liberty Legal Institute, isn't buying it.
“To engage in this war on Christmas is ridiculous," he told Family News in Focus, "and I think it goes against what 90 percent of Americans believe in.”
Jordan Lorence of the Alliance Defense Fund said Americans are fed up.
"We cannot allow what we do as a society to be determined or dictated by a few atheists with eggshell sensibilities," he said.
