Nativity Scene On Air Base Creates Controversy

The annual flare up over religious displays on public property at Christmas time appears to have moved this year to military bases. AP reports that at Shaw Air Force base in South Carolina last Friday, a group of volunteers from the base chapel set up a nativity display near a small lake where a tree lighting ceremony was scheduled for Friday evening.  The Military Religious Freedom Foundation, a church-state watchdog, lodged a complaint with the Pentagon and officials ordered the display taken down because it reflects only one religious tradition.  God and Country blog details some of the negative reaction to the removal of the display.