Atheist wants Frankenmuth to remove religious symbols
Francis X. Donnelly / The Detroit NewsSaturday, June 21, 2008
FRANKENMUTH -- If this popular tourist mecca 80 miles north of Detroit wears Germany on one of its sleeves, the other contains Martin Luther.
Founded by Lutheran missionaries who vowed to retain their old ways, the community of 4,800 has one of the highest concentrations of Lutherans in the Midwest. The city seal contains a Luther rose, the symbol for Lutheranism.
So when local atheist Lloyd Clarke wanted to remove a cross from the seal, along with ones in a city park and on a state bridge, residents rose nearly as one against him. the rest
FRANKENMUTH -- If this popular tourist mecca 80 miles north of Detroit wears Germany on one of its sleeves, the other contains Martin Luther.
Founded by Lutheran missionaries who vowed to retain their old ways, the community of 4,800 has one of the highest concentrations of Lutherans in the Midwest. The city seal contains a Luther rose, the symbol for Lutheranism.
So when local atheist Lloyd Clarke wanted to remove a cross from the seal, along with ones in a city park and on a state bridge, residents rose nearly as one against him. the rest
posted by Pat Dague @ 10:43 AM
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This is absolutely ludicrous! One of the reasons Frankenmuth is not a ghost town and is probably doing well economically is Bronners where they keep the "Christ" in Christmas. I live near Dallas, Texas and every year at Christmastime we put out a 3/4 life sized manger scene that we purchased from Bronners. (Each piece cost us about $100 and we bought them over the course of several years.) Many of the nicer ornaments we put on our Christmas tree came from Bronners. Do the atheists want to put Christian businesses, hospitals, and effective charities out of business too? Well, they can have what's left of that world then.
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