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(RNS) The city council of Santa Monica, Calif., has voted to halt unattended, private displays in a public park after a fight last year between atheists and Christians who had erected Nativity scenes for decades. By Adelle M. Banks.
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Politics,
Law & Court
Beliefs:
Christian - Protestant, Freethought (Atheist, Humanist, Agnostic)
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atheists, freedom from religion foundation, nativity scene, palisades park, santa monica
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