The Baby Jesus is no longer welcome inside City Hall in Kansas City.
Workers were told that any decorations that celebrated the reason for the season would not be allowed. No religious symbols. No Nativity scenes.
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City Manager Mario Vasquez sent a memorandum to council members explaining his decision to ban the Christ child from City Hall.
He said the only decorations that would be permitted are those that “celebrate the season without representing any specific faith tradition.”
Vasquez said City Hall is a “place where everyone feels included during the holidays.”
“To ensure City Hall remains a welcoming space for everyone and to honor the separation of church and state, we will not display religious symbols as part of our holiday decorations,” the memorandum read. “This helps us respect the wide range of religious and non-religious beliefs held by our employees, visitors and residents.”
Vasquez said the holiday décor must be secular.
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“That includes items like decorated trees, winter greenery, lights, poinsettias, and cultural symbols such as the Kinara representing Kwanzaa,” he wrote.
So, it’s okay for staffers to celebrate a make-believe holiday like Kwanzaa, but not the birthday of Jesus?
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Councilman Nathan Willett said he was “disgusted and discouraged” by the ban on Christmas decorations.
“Christian symbols among other faith traditions during this season should be proudly displayed in City Hall,” Willett wrote on Facebook. “It’s okay to have traditional pagan symbols but not others?”
Willett also raised questions about whether City Hall would ban the Menorah.
“This seems unnecessarily & unprovoked,” he said. “I feel like my faith tradition & other neighbors are no longer welcomed at City Hall. My council office will fight back on this memo.”
The councilman told television station KCTV that all decorations should be allowed, not just secular symbols.
“Traditional Christian, traditional Jewish. Whatever your faith background is, should be welcome in our city and welcome in our public spaces,” Willett told the television station.
The city manager defended the policy pointing out that it was meant to be inclusive and welcoming.
And by that he means the only way to be inclusive is to banish the Christians. There’s no room at City Hall for the Baby Jesus.
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