A Christmas
Victory
While
we continue to see bad news coming out of DC due to a lack of people taking a
principled stand, we want to highlight some good news about a local principled
stand which resulted in a victory for Christmas!
Cowering
to the threats of one resident and a national Anti-Christian group, Freedom From
Religion Foundation, City Manager Hank Angelo & Mayor Dan Pocek of Bedford
ordered the Nativity Scene at the Bedford City Hall to be taken down.
Upon
learning of this, Co-Founder of the Cleveland Tea Party Patriots, Ralph King, a
life-long City of Bedford resident, immediately contacted many of the council
members in the effort to have the Nativity display put back up.
In
these conversations with Council members, it was learned that they were not
notified by City Manager Angelo or Mayor Pocek prior to the Nativity display
being removed.
The
council members, while agreeing the Nativity display should not have been
removed and a principled stand "should" have been taken, they were resigned that
since it has been taken down, and fearful of a lawsuit over Separation of Church
& State and costly litigation, there was nothing they could do to reverse
this decision made without their approval. In short - they were going to do
nothing about it!
Though
one councilman, Greg Pozar, a Tea Party supporter, agreed that a principled
stand must be taken.
With
the support of Councilman Greg Pozar to launch an effort to have the Nativity
display put back up at Bedford City Hall, CTPP Co-Founder Ralph King contacted
current and former City of Bedford residents and launched a phone call campaign
to the Mayor's home and City Hall.
Packing
a council meeting with outraged residents and Channel 3 News, the residents were
ready to stand strong in defending their rights and fight this uphill battle.
During the council meeting, the Law Director announced that because of the
calls they received, the Nativity display would immediately be put back
up!
With
this announcement the council chambers erupted in Holiday cheer and Christmas
was saved in Bedford!
Click
here for the Channel 3 report.
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We wish everyone a Merry Christmas, and as Tiny Tim said,
"God Bless Us, Every One!"
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