Colorado City Will Limit Display To Christmas Trees

Fort Collins, Colorado city council last Tuesday voted to continue to display only Christmas trees during the 2006 holiday season, rejecting requests to also include a menorah in the December holiday display. The Coloradoan today quotes Council Member Kurt Kastein: "I'm not afraid to say it's Christmas. And I have no problem defending a Christmas tree in the public display." The city's Human Relations Commission said that limiting displays to Christmas trees would be exclusionary. It recommended that city property be made available year-round for displays by private groups that first obtain a permit, and had offered to create a Holiday Display Community Task Force.