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Monday, November 27, 2006
There are no words...
From CNN.com, this is just one of those stories that forces you to lower your head, pinch that little area between your eyes, and desprately try to suppress a scream of range and/or a laugh of bewilderment:
DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- A homeowners' association in southwestern Colorado has threatened to fine a resident $25 a day until she removes a Christmas wreath with a peace sign that some say is an anti-Iraq war protest or a symbol of Satan.
That's pretty much the essence of the story. An innocent peace sign wreath accused of being anti-war or a symbol of Satan. My question is what sort of neighborhood did this take place in? Denver isn't exactly the backwoods of the deep south (pardon the stereotype, being from the south myself) and I can't imagine a gated community that gated. To top it off, the homeowners association president who was trying to force the lady to take her wreath down and fining her $25/day ended up firing the entire homeowners committee after they basically told him he was nuts.
11/28 Update: Truce declared in peace wreath battle
Posted by Will at November 27, 2006 10:49 PM in In the News