Christmas Trees going back up in Seattle
A few days ago, I wrote about how the
Seattle-Tacoma airport was taking down their Christmas Trees over a comment from a local Rabbi who wanted to see a Menorah.
They are going back up -- no Menorah though... From the
Seattle Times:
Christmas trees going back up at Sea-Tac
The holiday trees that went away in the middle of the night are back.
Monday night, Port of Seattle staff began putting up the trees they earlier had removed from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The trees had come down Friday night after a local rabbi requested that a Hanukkah menorah also be displayed, and Port officials had said the threat of a lawsuit left them without enough time to consider all the issues.
A nationwide furor erupted over the weekend as news of the trees' removal spread, with a flood of calls to Port officials and harshly worded e-mails to Jewish organizations.
On Monday, Rabbi Elazar Bogomilsky said he would not file a lawsuit and the Port, in response, said it would put the trees back up.
"This has been an unfortunate situation for all of us in Seattle," Port of Seattle Commission President Pat Davis said in a statement. "The rabbi never asked us to remove the trees; it was the Port's decision based on what we knew at the time. We very much appreciate the rabbi's willingness to work with us as we move forward."
A menorah will not be displayed this year.
Political correctness run amok.
Posted by DaveH at December 13, 2006 8:26 PM