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Thursday, September 28, 2017
Controversy Brews Over Holiday Display of Pentagram Monument
Controversy over December holiday displays has begun early this year in Boca Raton, Florida. A city ordinance allows residents to put up unattended displays during the holiday season in Sanborn Square, a city park. According to yesterday's Christian Times, a local teacher has filed an application to set up a 300-pound metal Pentagram honoring Satan this December. The display would include captions such as "In Satan We Trust," "One Nation under Antichrist" and "May the Children Hail Satan." The teacher also wants to set up a Freedom From Religion Nativity Display. A local pastor has reacted by saying: "It’s evil, it’s the essence of evil. I will take the responsibility for taking the sledgehammer and knocking it down."