Small Indiana Town Bows Down to ACLU, Removes Cross from Town Christmas Tree

By George

(FOX) – A small Indiana town on Monday afternoon conceded it was no match for the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, declining to fight a lawsuit filed Friday that demanded Knightstown remove a lighted cross from the top of its town Christmas tree.

The Kingstown Facebook made a post regarding the lawsuit:

“It is with regret and sadness that the Knightstown Town Council has had the cross removed from the Christmas tree on the town square and is expected to approve a resolution at the next council meeting stating they will not return the cross to the tree,” the town council announced in a statement.

The council said the decision was based on advice from its legal counsel and the worry over payments should the council lose in court, Fox 59 reported.

The lawsuit claimed plaintiff and Knightstown resident Joseph Tompkins was “forced to come into unwelcome contact” with the display, causing him “irreparable harm.”

Tompkins said in the suit that he didn’t want his tax dollars used to light and maintain the cross.

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Franklin Graham spoke out about the lawsuit:

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