I live in Virginia, so it's a little embarrassing to report that our
attorney general, who's been a dream come true to the state's active
Christian right since taking office in January, is at it again - in a
way that will undoubtedly impact Jewish groups across the state, not to
mention my tax bill.
Ken Cuccinelli has elicited both bemusement and anger with actions like his effort to cover up a bare breast on the official commonwealth seal showing Virtus, a Roman goddess - a seal designed by a Declaration of Independence signer, for pity's sake - and his legal rulings on gay rights and immigration.
Now he's telling local governments around the commonwealth that it's fine for them to display sectarian religious scenes on public property.
That means nativity scenes, images of Jesus and the like; such displays, he argues, are all about government accommodation of religion.
As a Virginia taxpayer, I'm wondering if this isn't more about spending public money to support his private religious views, but then I'm just picky, I guess.
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Source: New York Jewish Week | James Bessemer
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