12/22/11: Air Force Base Rejects Call to Remove Nativity Scene

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Travis Air Force Base says it will not remove or relocate a Nativity scene and a Menorah in spite of a threat from The Military Religious Freedom Foundation. The group considered the display a violation of the US constitution.

The Office of the Air Force Judge Advocate General disagreed, saying, upon review, the inclusion of a Wing Chaplain sponsored Nativity Scene and Menorah as part of a broader, secular holiday seasonal display does not violate the establishment clause of the United States Constitution.

The MRFF had threatened to sue Travis Air Force Base unless they removed or relocated the holiday display currently located on a major thoroughfare at the military installation. Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, blasted the threat and called it “yet another flyby-attack on Christianity.”