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Festivus for the Rest of Us

December 21st, 2015 by flanews

No nativity scene. No satanic response to the nativity scene. But at the Florida capitol, there’s still a holiday display “for the rest of us.” Matt Galka tells us about the festivus pole holiday display that went up in the Florida Capitol – with an LGBT twist.

South Florida blogger and atheist Chaz Stevens continued his annual tradition of putting up a “festivus pole” in Florida’s capitol rotunda.

The fake holiday Festivus was made famous by an episode of the sitcom Seinfeld. This is the third year Stevens has put the satirical pole up in the state house in a response to religious symbols that have been popular over the years.

“Celebrate diversity, celebrate inclusiveness. Celebrate the fact that it’s religious freedom for all, not just religious freedom for some. The point here is very simple, this is an ode to separation of church and state,” said Stevens.

He hopes plenty of people have grievances to air.

“Oh God yes, if they weren’t, we’d sit back and say ‘what are we doing wrong?” said Stevens.

The pole has a disco ball on top and a rainbow sleeve supporting gay rights this time around. It’s been made of beer cans in the past.

There was no nativity scene in the capitol this year. Tallahassee Reverend RB Holmes, who has supported the display in the past, says nobody should mock other religions.

“I’m not going to be a part of demeaning and denigrating other folks culture and causes,” said Holmes.

Stevens says his Festivus pole is expected to go up in nine state capitols around the country this year. He’s hoping to get the Festivus pole into all 50 state capitols next year. Festivus is actually celebrated on December 23rd.

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