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The Texas Attorney General has offered to defend a Texas county under attack by a group of Wisconsin atheists who are demanding that a Nativity located on the lawn of the Henderson County courthouse be torn down.

�Our message to the atheists is don�t mess with Texas and our Nativity scenes or the Ten Commandments,� Attorney General Greg Abbott told Fox News & Commentary. �I want the Freedom From Religion Foundation to know that our office has a history of defending religious displays in this state.�

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Abbott sent a letter to Henderson County Judge Richard Sanders offering whatever help he could provide in the event the county is sued. He also assured the judge that the county has no legal obligation to remove the Nativity scene from the courthouse grounds.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a group based in Wisconsin, sent a letter to Henderson County explaining that a local resident had complained and they wanted the Nativity removed.

�It sends a message of intimidation and exclusion to non-Christians and non-believers this time of year,� FFRF co-founder Annie Laurie Gaylor told television station KFDW.

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She said the location of the Nativity � on the lawn of the courthouse in Athens, made non-Christians feel unwelcome.

�Anybody walking by that is going to say, �Hmmm. This is a Christian government building. I�m not welcome here if I�m not Christian,�� she told the television station.

Attorney General Abbott said the organization is trying to �bully local governmental bodies� and he said he wanted to make sure Henderson County knows �there is a person, a lawyer and an organization in this state that has their back, that has the law, that has the muscle and firepower to go toe-to-toe with these organizations that come from out of state trying to bully governmental bodies into tearing down things like Nativity scenes.�

Many residents and ministers in this east Texas community have vowed to fight back. Hundreds of people are expected to attend a rally on Saturday to show their support for the Nativity. Nathan Lorick, the pastor of the First Baptist Church in Malakoff is one of the organizers of the rally. He called on residents to gather peacefully and in a spirit of love.

�It�s time that Americans stand up and take America back for the faith that we were founded upon,� Lorick told Fox News & Commentary last week. �We�re going to stand up and fight for this.�

Henderson County Commissioner Joe Hall called the attack �stupid� and said he�s going to do whatever it takes to stop the group from removing the Nativity.

�I�ll tell you this � I�m going to fight this until hell freezes over,� Hall told Fox News & Commentary. �I hope and pray that we leave it up.�

Hall said he�s lived in the community for 35 years and as long as he can remember the Nativity has been erected on the courthouse lawn.

�It�s been up there for decades without any complaints,� he said.

Pastor Lorick said it�s time to draw a line in the sand � and start standing up for the Christian faith.

�Christianity is under attack in America,� he told Fox News & Commentary. �Our country is quickly heading down a direction which the Christian faith is taking a hit � it�s quickly becoming suppressed.�

The attorney general agreed with that sentiment.

�There has been an ongoing battle between the forces of atheism and the forces of those who are antagonistic to all things religious against those who recognize the religious heritage of this country,� Abbott said. �And by defending Nativity scenes, by defending the Ten Commandments and by defending students who try to say a prayer at a graduation ceremony, we�re trying to preserve, protect and defend what we know is perfectly legal.�

If they truly do not believe why the hell does it bother them????

I will never understand the thinking going on in their heads.

I don't get the Wisconsin\Texas connection. No nativity scenes in Wisco?

gdamn liberals can't stand to see regular folks enjoying themselfs so they'll travel to the ends of the earth to [bleep] it up for them.

Greg Abbott is one of my "Contemporary American Heroes".

There,...that's about enough to say, right there.

GTC

If you Christians think you are under attack you ought to be a Pagan anything. You guys have no idea of what being under attack is.

fixed

Yea, we spend a lot of time making you pray and tithe.

�Hmmm. This is a Christian government building. I�m not welcome here if I�m not Christian,��

Because what would happen? Maybe somebody be actually nice to you?

Is Texas located in Lebanon now?

Who would be nice to us, R.G.? Christians? On this page I see Christians calling atheists idiots, wondering what must be going on in our heads, calling us "gdamn" liberals... is this your idea of being nice? I call it oppression, just as Derby Dude was suggesting. "Drink the kool-aid and participate in the group-think or we'll ostracize you from our country". Well, I'm not going anywhere!

Now then, as an atheist, nativity scenes don't necessarily bother me. I mean OK, some folks believe Jesus was the son of god and like to re-create the time he was born, that's fine. But as a born and raised Texan I'm offended by AG Abbott. This attitude he has, this "We're gonna make sure everyone knows who runs Henderson County" BS is despicable. He doesn't speak for this Texan!

44henry

So,....how long were YOU in his jail there,....Bud ?

"Now then, as an atheist, nativity scenes don't necessarily bother me"

"I call it oppression,"

Oh,.....REALLY,...?

"as a born and raised Texan I'm offended ,....'

That's more like it,....let it all out, and now ,....BREATHE,....again,....let it all out and.....

Go [bleep] yerself

GTC

This group located in Madistan Wis. is typical of the burg that gives the whole state a black eye. Madistan is 20 square miles surrounded by reality.

All I can say is Merry Christmas to everyone, and to you aetheists, "Have a Nice Day".

Tell the athiests to go to hell. Don't like it? Don't look at it.

And calling them "God damned atheists" isn't a Christian's call, it's right there in the bible. If ya don't like hearing it take it up with the Author.

Why not call the nativity scenes "art"? That should get them off our asses once and for all. The courts ruled that a statue of Jesus on the cross in a bucket of piss is art, right? Well, we have our art, too. If you don't like it, don't look at it.

so.... I say again, God damned atheists go to hell. I don't know why anybody listens to ya to begin with. And I'll never understand why anyone does anything other than laugh at these "law suits". It's a piece of paper, throw it away and forget about it. What are they going to do?

You realize you just made his point for him, right? Right out in front of God 'n' everbody too.

Might also, given that, have raised a question or two about who the idiot actually is.

Nicely played, derby_dude.

When stuff like this is in the news, I start looking around for what it's a distraction from.

Maybe the NDAA?

Good on AG Abbot for having a pair, you'd think those atheists would pipe down after the demise of there F'cked up cow elephant matriarch.
Dont guess the slaughter of MMO and a few of her inbred family members sent a good enough message, the Jesus haters are slow learners.

Gunner

I see what you mean, derby

I'm stumped.
Who's that?
What's MMO?
Probably heard about it but can't place it now. My interest in the ramblings of atheists is lacking.

I still do not understand, I have never felt the need to tell somebody else their religion or lack of bothered me.

If you feel the need to worship and old sock that is your right in this country as it is my right to worship God. One of this country's founding principles is FREEDOM of religion, NOT freedom from it!

If you don't believe, well, just don't, but don't tell me I can't.

If a community wants a Nativity scene it is their right to have it, if they want a parade of snowmen that is also their right.

Merry Christmas to my Christian friends.

Happy Hanukkah/Chanukah to my Jewish friends.

And Happy & Peaceful holidays to the rest of my friends.

Amen and amen good friend.