Reason for the Season

Nativity scenes, Pentacles, Mennorahs. They're all fine with me because they are all the "reason for the season," depending on which religion you practice.

I have no problem whatsoever with a pentacle being placed next to a Nativity scene on the municipal building lawn in Olean. Further, I have no problem with any religious symbol being placed on government property. People who bring up the Constitution as a reason for not placing religious symbols on government property need to read the First Amendment agan.

Here it is: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Actually, since it says Congress shall make no law prohibiting the free exercise of religion, we should be able to put religious symbols anywhere we want -- including on the municipal builidng lawn.

At any rate, I hope the person who ran over the pentacle does not consider himself a Christian, because that was a very un-Christian thing to do.