AUSTIN, TEXAS (KETK) — Governor-elect Greg Abbott has voiced his support for an East Texas judge following demands from the Appignani Humanist Legal Center in Washington D.C. to remove a nativity scene display from the county courhouse lawn.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott sent the following letter to Cherokee County Judge Chris Davis, following a demand from a national nontheistic organization to remove a nativity scene from the grounds of the courthouse:
December 4, 2014
The Honorable Chris Davis
County Judge Cherokee County
35 S. Main, 3rd Floor
Rusk, Texas 75785
Dear Judge Davis,
I have learned that a Washington D.C.-based organization called the American Humanist Association (AHA) recently sent you a letter demanding the removal of a nativity scene from the grounds of the Cherokee County Courthouse. The letter threatens to sue Cherokee County unless you “promptly remove” the nativity scene and “provide … written assurances that no similar display will be erected in the future.” You have informed my office that the County intends to keep the nativity scene in place through the Christmas season, and that the display on the courthouse grounds contains a variety of features, a number of which have no religious element. I write to offer my support if the AHA follows through on its threat to sue Cherokee County.
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