To celebrate the season, the Texas Capitol has multiple Christmas trees and a Nativity scene on its grounds. But after a complaint by Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday, "a winter solstice" display urging the separation of church and state has been kicked out.
The display was a cardboard cutout of the nation's founding fathers and the Statue of Liberty looking down at the Bill of Rights in a manger. It had been set up in the Capitol's basement, hardly a high-traffic area, and didn't generate much of a public response.
But after finding out about it, Abbott called it a "juvenile parody" in a letter asking the State Preservation Board to remove the exhibit.
Now that it's gone, the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the group behind the display, says it's considering its legal options.
The removal comes a week after Abbott publicly expressed his support for a Nativity scene outside the city of Orange municipal building. He argued that the city had a Constitutional right to display the religious imagery.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is a Madison, Wisconsin-based nonprofit organization that describes itself as dedicated to promoting "the constitutional principle of separation of state and church, and to educate the public on matters relating to nontheism." Cont.
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