XPost: nyc.politics, nyc.general, nyc.events 
 From: proto@oanix.com 
  
 In article , 
  "Freedom Fighter"  wrote: 
  
 >  I think such decorated trees are 
 > beautiful and desirable, but if they are financed by public funds or 
 erected 
 > in a public place, it is a violation of our Constitutional separation of 
 > church and state to officially endorse any religion by any means, which the 
 > noun "Christmas" does. 
  
 But pagans are hardly a threat, let them have trees, for christsake, 
 already. 
  
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