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["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>]

This struck me as a bit too much. Good commentary on war, soldiers, religious 
intolerance,
witchhunting, repression, hypocracy ..............

So what would these folks do about a homeowner creating an urban farm in his 
front yard, no grass or shrubs,
no pink flamingoes or concrete deer and weeds!

Peace on earth? Not in our subdivision!
POSTED: 2:02 p.m. EST, November 27, 2006

DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- A homeowners' association in southwestern Colorado has threatened to fine a resident $25 a day 
until she removes a Christmas wreath with a peace sign that some say is an anti-Iraq war protest or a symbol of Satan.

Some residents who have complained have children serving in Iraq, said Bob Kearns, president of the Loma Linda 
Homeowners Association in Pagosa Springs.

He said some residents believed the wreath was a symbol of Satan. Three or 
four residents complained, he said.

"Somebody could put up signs that say drop bombs on Iraq. If you let one go up you have to let them all go up," he said 
in a telephone interview Sunday.

Lisa Jensen said she wasn't thinking of the war when she hung the wreath. She said, "Peace is way bigger than not being 
at war. This is a spiritual thing."

Jensen, a past association president, calculates the fines will cost her about $1,000, and doubts they will be able to 
make her pay. But she said she's not going to take it down until after Christmas.

"Now that it has come to this I feel I can't get bullied," she said. "What if they 
don't like my Santa Claus?"

The association in this 200-home subdivision 270 miles southwest of Denver has sent a letter to her saying that 
residents were offended by the sign and the board "will not allow signs, flags etc. that can be considered divisive."

The subdivision's rules say no signs, billboards or advertising are permitted without the consent of the architectural 
control committee.

Kearns ordered the committee to require Jensen to remove the wreath, but members refused after concluding that it was 
merely a seasonal symbol that didn't say anything.

Kearns fired all five committee members.