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December 13, 2012

Merry Atheistic Nothingness Santa Monica

Bradley Abramson, Christian Post

For more than half a century the city of Santa Monica, Calif., allowed local churches to place nativity scenes in one of the city parks during the Christmas season.

However, this practice was stopped after Christmas 2011 when Santa Monica atheist Damon Vix secured a permit to place an atheist display near the nativity scene – for he constructed not a "celebrate atheism" display, but one that disparaged and...

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