Newsweek magazine carried an interesting article sometime back about a controversy that has been brewing down in Louisiana. Let me share it with you: "Even if it did double as a bug zapper (it doesn't), the big blue neon JESUS sign outside the Church of Abundant Life in Harvey, Louisiana, would have to go. So say Jefferson Parish officials, who claim they inadvertently approved installation of the five-foot-high, 21-foot-wide sign last November. Now they're fighting to unplug the $5,000 Savior, saying it exceeds the maximum size for a residential area. The church contends it's not a sign at all but a religious symbol that the government can't regulate. A vote [was] due from the parish Zoning Appeals Board April 15 [of this year]." (1)

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