Donna Danna (7 Nov 2005)
"Christmas Lights 'Too Christian For A Grant'"


Christmas Lights 'Too Christian For A Grant'

"More than a dozen towns and villages could lose funding for their Christmas lights because a council deems them offensive to non-Christians."

"A Conservative-controlled district council in East Anglia will consider a report later this week that states that the annual grants it hands out to 13 towns and villages do not "fit with the council's core values of equality and diversity" as Christmas is a purely Christian festival."

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