Atheists Trigger Nativity Scene Ban

Dozens rallied in the borough's square Saturday afternoon to support a traditional nativity scene that has been placed there for years, but this season is conspicuously missing.

The local garden club usually sets up the nativity near the fountain at the intersection of Main Street and Lincoln Way, but the borough council recently put a stop to all displays in the square.

"I think it's a terrible sign of our times when we cannot have a nativity scene in our public square," Tim Stanton, a rally participant, said.

The borough decided to bar all displays from the square after an atheist, agnostic and secular humanist organization called Pennsylvania Nonbelievers (PAN) asked to set up a 3 ft. by 4 ft. sign reading "Celebrating Solstice -- Honoring Atheist War Veterans" in the square. Read more here.