On California coast, atheists nudge out Nativity scenes

By?Michael Martinez?and?Zohreen Adamjee, CNN

Los Angeles (CNN)?? Every Christmas for the past 60 years, Nativity scenes have dominated two blocks of a park on bluffs overlooking the ocean in Santa Monica, California.

The 14 scenes depicting Jesus Christ's birth have long been a popular attraction among area residents and tourists to the southern California city.

This year, however, atheists have taken over most of the two-block stretch, nearly shutting out and angering a group of churches who contend the atheists have organized against the Christians and gamed a city lottery process allocating the holiday exhibit space.

In response, a leader of the atheist group says he's just looking for evenhanded treatment to present his beliefs in a public space - and goes so far as to say that the city shouldn't even be allowing any religious or even atheist expression in the park.

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Source: http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/22/on-california-coast-atheists-nudge-out-nativity-scenes/

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