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BELEN, N.M. -- For nearly a quarter of a century, a year-round Nativity scene made of metal has rested in the little town of Belen, New Mexico.Now Belen - Spanish for Bethlehem - is fighting to keep the Nativity scene on city property and officials may even sell the land to a private owner in order to preserve the iconic art.The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation wants Belen to remove the images and is threatening legal act adidas campus ion if it s not removed from public land. The position of the city is that the Nativity scene will stay right where it is. Period, Belen Mayor Jerah Cordova told The Associated Press. I know within the city itself almost everyone supports the Nativity s adidas samba cene. Still, Cordova said the city has weighed options like selling the property to moving it to another location. Cordova said those who oppose the Nativity scene are outsiders who don t understand the history and culture of New Mexico - a former Spanish territory with deep Hispanic and spiritual Catholic ties.Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, said Belen is violating the U.S. Constitution by having the religious art on city property and the ci air force 1 ty is discriminating against nonbelievers who likely won t speak out. It s absurd to say because the town s name is Belen they should be allowed to have a Nativity scene, Gaylor said. There s a Mecca, California. So what She says if Belen puts the property up for |
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