While walking through the Rotary Lights last night I was
taking in the beauty of the season, the freshly fallen snow the Santa Claus,
the football player, the dragon, the sounds and the 2.6 million lights. I read the La Crosse Tribunes article on
Sunday that said in its title “Religious display? City says Rotary Lights do
not cross line separating church and state” I agree, I think that this is a
nice display of many service groups getting together to light up riverside
park. With a mission of feeding the
hungry, and collecting thousands of canned goods and thousands of dollars every
year, how can this be taken as anything other than the beauty that it is. According to the Tribunes article Hank Zumach
an outspoken opponent of organized religion says this is no longer a holiday
display it obviously is all about Jesus his problem: The display is on public
property. (to read the trib article http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/religious-display-city-says-rotary-lights-do-not-cross-line/article_aacc55a6-41c1-11e2-9577-0019bb2963f4.html)
The Rotary Lights group rents the park, pays for the electricity and is an inspiration
to most that see it. Yesterday we went
because my 14 year old wanted to go and this isn’t the first time the kids have
asked to see the lights, also whenever we have guests in town this time of year
we make a trip to the lights, for those who think it is a religious display, I disagree,
there are some religious items there but there are many more non-religious displays
there, and I think it is beautiful, and a great asset to the community because of
the smiles it brings.
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