Recent Posts in Christmas Category
Posted on Jan 2, 2013 By Becker Law Firm
LOS ANGELES - Attorneys for a group responsible for exhibiting a 14-booth tableaux of Nativity scenes in Santa Monica, CA, every year is appealing a federal court decision dismissing the case. A ...
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Posted on Dec 27, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
Gary Trudeau decided to use his Doonesbury comic strip to mock Christians over the Christmas holiday by summarizing the leftist and atheist position against the display of Nativity scenes on public ...
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Posted on Dec 18, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
On Sunday, December 9, 2012, the Santa Monica Nativity Scene Committee launched its 60th year of displaying its scenes in Santa Monica. Unfortunately, they are being displayed on private property for ...
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Posted on Dec 8, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
A senior fellow for the American Civil Rights Union and a columnist for The Washington Times quotes me today in his opinion piece appearing in that newspaper. You can read it here.
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Posted on Dec 8, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
Two days ago, the Drudge Report headline linked to a Los Angeles Daily News story relating that the property management company for a senior living home in Newhall, California, north of Los Angeles, ...
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Posted on Dec 6, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
One day after publishing my views on the Santa Monica Nativity scene controversy in The Washington Times, the Los Angeles Times again rejected a separate op-ed piece I had offered it for publication. ...
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Posted on Dec 5, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
My op-ed piece appears in today's print edition of the Washington Times newspaper: In Santa Monica, Calif., city leaders earlier this year pulled the plug on a 59-year-old community celebration of ...
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Posted on Dec 4, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
The LA Times did yet another story today on the Nativity decision, reporting that my client found an alternative location on private property. Here an excerpt: William J. Becker Jr., an attorney for ...
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Posted on Nov 30, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
Matt Brown of the Deseret News wrote an excellent piece on the Nativity loss yesterday: After more than a half century, Santa Monica Nativity display at Palisades Park is no more. Click here to read ...
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Posted on Nov 29, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
As we predicted, United States District Court Judge Audrey B. Collins has dismissed the Santa Monica Nativity Scenes case. Her order arrived moments ago. Additionally, Judge Collins has vacated the ...
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Posted on Nov 29, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
My friend and colleague Rob Muise of the American Freedom Law Center posted news of his victory in a Nativity scene case out of Michigan. See Sixty-Year Christmas Tradition Restored: Nativity Scene to ...
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Posted on Nov 28, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
On Monday (December 3, 2012), we will be back in U.S. District Court opposing the City of Santa Monica's Motion to Dismiss the Santa Monica Nativity Scenes lawsuit. A copy of our opposition to the ...
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Posted on Oct 15, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
A hearing on the Santa Monica Nativity Scenes Committee's Motion for a Prelimiinary Injunction has been scheduled for November 19, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. in U.S. District Court in downtown Los ...
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Posted on Oct 10, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
The Becker Law Firm filed a federal action against the City of Santa Monica to restore the 60-year-old Nativity scene Christmas tradition to Palisades Park. You can read the news reports here in the ...
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Posted on Oct 9, 2012 By Becker Law Firm CMS
THE BECKER LAW FIRM FILES FREE SPEECH LAWSUIT AGAINST CITY OF SANTA MONICA TO RESTORE 60-YEAR-OLD CHRISTMAS NATIVITY SCENE TRADITION On Tuesday, October, 9, 2012, The Becker Law Firm filed a lawsuit ...
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