The Black Madonna

In a victory that makes me want to cheer, "Touchdown Jesus!", a Detroit family got their neighborhood association to retreat from a request to remove a nativity scene from the front yard of their home.

In the face of a deluge of support for the Samona family on Web sites and reaction from people throughout Metro Detroit, the United States and abroad, the (Tollgate Woods) homeowners association that sought to ban the nativity scene backed off.

Thanks and respects must go out to the Thomas More Law Center, that agreed to help the Samonas pro bono earlier in the week. No doubt the quick turnaround was orchestrated by the Center's deft use of old and new media to focus a withering torrent of criticism on the subdivision.

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