Massachusetts FD Ordered to Remove Merry Christmas Sign

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. - An annual "Merry Christmas" sign on a North Andover fire station has been ordered removed.

Town officials told firefighters last week to take down the homemade sign after they said people complained.

Fire Chief William Martineau said Monday that the sign was made by firefighters about 50 years ago and never had been an issue before.

The order comes a week after selectmen voted to allow a menorah display on the town common for only one day instead of all eight days of Hanukkah. They said a new town common policy only allows displays to stay up for one day, no matter what they are.

Town Manager Mark Rees said the town's public buildings should not be displaying things specific to a particular religion.

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Information from: Eagle Tribune, http://www.eagletribune.com

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Permalink Reply by Angela McCleskey on December 2, 2009 at 11:24pm

and yours too!!!

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Permalink Reply by Jack/dt on December 2, 2009 at 11:25pm

Derek no harm no foul no worries bro

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Permalink Reply by Ben Waller on December 3, 2009 at 12:41am

Luke,

"The mere fact that a human being(s) trampled another human being in the interest of grabbing a bargain tends to put them in the "animal" category in my books as well. Nothing to do with race- purely based on their actions...."

It's pretty obvious that the trampling incident didn't have anything to do with religion, either.

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Permalink Reply by Martyn Candler on December 3, 2009 at 4:10am

Here in the UK things are much the same. National Health Service workers cant eat at their desk whilst others are fasting. You cant weare a crucifix incase it offends someone. And yet certain religious groups can go off and pray several times a day and you cant say anything to them, because if you do, you are discriminating.

I aggree with some of the other comments. "Correctness has gone gone far to far" and its not in our favour.

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Permalink Reply by Dana on December 3, 2009 at 9:17am

What part of "One Country Under God" don't these people get? MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

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Permalink Reply by Art "ChiefReason" Goodrich on December 3, 2009 at 9:24am

I realize that Christmas signage is important to you all, but if you haven't done so already, could you take just a moment from all this fun and reflect upon and remember the six firefighters who died on Dec. 3, 1999 in Worcester Mass.? There are several articles posted under News if you are not familiar with this tragedy.
Then, you can get back to the REALLY important stuff.
Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Loyd Dittfurth on December 3, 2009 at 9:35am

its not one country under god anymore dana its one country where the poor lazy people get handed everything that they want and the working class pay for it