War on Festivus

"A self-described "militant atheist" is threatening to sue a Florida town after it put up a Nativity display at the fire station even though it had banned them earlier this year so that a Festivus pole would not have to be given equal consideration."



Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) host of The Young Turks discusses the debate raging in Florida over whether or not the Festivus pole should be included in public holiday displays. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.


Should The Festivus Pole Be Included In Public Holiday Displays?

The Young Turks, 2013

Flying Spaghetti Monster Joins Baby Jesus In Holiday Display

"A college atheist group has set up a Flying Spaghetti Monster display at the Wisconsin State Capitol to make a point about religious expression on public property.



The Atheists, Humanists, and Agnostics group at the University of Wisconsin set up the satirical religious display alongside a "Festivus" pole and a "Winter Solstice Nativity" scene featuring Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein and Mark Twain that was set up by the Freedom From Religion Foundation.

"The rotunda is getting very cluttered," said Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the Freedom from Religion Foundation. "But if a devotional nativity display is allowed, then there must be 'room at the inn' for all points of view, including irreverency and free thought.""* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.