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1987 Rockefeller Center Tree (via Wikimedia Commons,  © by James G. Howes, 1987.)

Are We Getting Worked Up Over the Tree Again?

By Samuel G. Howard on November 27, 2012

It seems there’s nothing we enjoy more than a good ol’ fashioned religion in the public square debate here in Rhode Island. And, once again, WPRO has come for The Tree. Due to the un-Christian manner in which so-called “Christians” behaved last time, Governor Lincoln Chafee has declined to host a tree lighting ceremony.* I [...]

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