Ok, I've heard of a lot of reasons for not having Nativity scenes on public property, but this is the first time I've ever seen reasoning like this.
FOXNews.com - Top Stories - Town Says 'No' to Nativity Scene, 'Yes' to Menorah

The town of Palm Beach, Fla., told a federal judge Thursday that he has no authority to demand that they come up with a good reason why Jesus Christ in a manger should not be displayed next to a menorah on public property.

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What Donnell and her co-plaintiff want is for the the menorah and the Nativity scene to be displayed next to each other.

But Palm Beach town attorney John Randolph said case law shows that when a menorah is placed next to a secular symbol -- such as a "secular holiday tree" -- it isn't considered a religious symbol.

Ok, I'll give them that a tree is not inherently religious, even when decorated for a specific holiday season. Even though the decorating of a tree in modern American culture has always been associated with Christmas and Christianity. But to say that a menorah is not a religious symbol is one of the dumber things I've heard out of an lawyers mouth when it comes to issues that relate to the 1st amendment and the establishment clause. And I've heard some pretty stupid statements, it's called 1L.

For those of you out there that don't understand what a menorah is, it's used to celebrate the Chanukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights. It's a distinctly religious symbol that's used to commerate the Temple lamp staying lite for eight days on one day's worth of lamp oil as one of God's miracles for the Jewish people. How you can seperate it from it's religious significance is beyond me.

Even the local Courier-Journal editorial board seems to understand how this has become a ridiculous trend:

No wonder serious Christians are so outraged by the assault on religion in civic life. It takes such outrageous forms.

The latest example is a decision by the American Civil Liberties Union to menace this year's Grace Baptist Church crèche on the Oldham County Courthouse lawn. The ACLU says free speech and separation of church and state may be endangered, because this tradition of more than a decade continues. Bah. Humbug. The crèche is no threat, December 19, 2003

If a paper as liberal as the C-J can understand this basic issue, one would hope anyone reasonable would be able to as well. Of course, we're talking about a town that didn't know how to vote in the 2000 elections.