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Mon Dec 15, 2014, 05:54 PM Dec 2014

Nativity scene displayed at Texas Capitol to counter 'War on Christmas,' and no one complains



AUSTIN–A nativity scene was unveiled at the Texas Capitol building Monday by an privately sponsored group looking to combat the “War on Christmas.”

The Texas Nativity Scene Project will display the scene in the basement of the Capitol for one week.

“There’s been very much an effort to drive Christ and Christians out of Christmas,” said the project’s spokesman Trey Trainor. He said the holiday season has become more about “focusing on self as opposed to focusing on the real reason that we have the holiday, and that is the birth of our Savior.”

Trainor said so far the group has received no pushback in response to the religious display.

Read more: http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2014/12/nativity-scene-displayed-at-texas-capitol.html/
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Nativity scene displayed at Texas Capitol to counter 'War on Christmas,' and no one complains (Original Post) TexasTowelie Dec 2014 OP
What a pathetic display. greyl Dec 2014 #1
They really shouldn't have bothered... nt COLGATE4 Dec 2014 #2
it is very tacky indeed Skittles Dec 2014 #4
Yay! Victory in the...war..on.... louis-t Dec 2014 #3
In the basement is where it belongs, with all the other junk. hobbit709 Dec 2014 #5
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