New Times: Festivus Pole to Be Erected Next to Manger in Florida Capitol? | MAOS by The Broward Post

Two time High Noon in Lake Worth guest Chaz Stevens again tests the free speech and freedom from religion. Instead of Deerfield Beach, which discontinued any holiday displays this year, is offering to move his festivus pole to the state Capitol. A nativity scene was installed there this week. Click title for link to his blog. Here is the plan:

The ACLU warned that by allowing private groups to set up religious displays, the state was opening itself up to having to allow all sorts of individual monuments. By 9 p.m. last night, Deerfield Beach activist Chaz Stevens was writing to the governor, asking for authorization to build his festivus pole — an 8-foot-tall contraption made of Pabst Blue Ribbon cans — right next to the manger.