Pentagram placed by nativity scene causes controversy in Boca Raton

[mfcorey1]

BOCA RATON, Fla. - They call it the most wonderful time of the year, and for many it is also the most religious.

In Boca Raton people who gathered Wednesday night to admire the nativity scene in Sanborn Square also saw a large pentagram weighing several hundred pounds.

The man responsible for the pentagram said he works for the national Freedom From Religion Foundation and said in a statement: "All hail Satan. Love trumps hate. The first amendment must be protected, including the freedom to offend."

The pentagram's presence caused a clash of public opinion.

"I think it's ridiculous," Jerry Yeager said. "This is Boca Raton and we put up with something like this?"

Annie Farr, a Boca Raton resident, doesn’t support the sign.

http://www.local10.com/news/talkers/pentagram-placed-by-nativity-scene-causes-controversy-in-boca-raton

[HAB911]

1. Supremacists will be supremacists........n/t

[baldguy]

2. So, the "Interfaith Community" supports the 1st Amendment - except for *those people*

[ck4829]

4. It sounds very generic to me

It doesn't say what organization did this, who signed it, etc.

The media loves this kind of stuff, trying to set up a moral panic, make it sound like there is collective community outrage.

My guess: 1 guy put that letter up.

[DinahMoeHum]

3. If Sanborn Square is a public municipal entity. . .

. . .the detractors of the pentagram have NO legal case against it.

[TBA]

5. They don't put a nativity in the Florida State Capital rotunda anymore

because a group (The Satanic Temple I believe?) did something similar several years ago.

[get the red out]

6. Can't have it both ways

Put the nativity scenes in front of every church in town and exclude anyone else. Leave public places alone, and they won't have to look at other religious displays.

[yeoman6987]

7. I agree. If we just have churches put up nativity scenes and no public venue,

There would be more then enough for residents to see it. I'm not sure why this is a fight. Heck many times a church isn't far from a courthouse or public square.