Guess Maui Has More Sense Than Seattle's Airport

From the JTA:

"A Hawaii county erected a Christmas tree to protect a Chanukah menorah from achurch-state separation challenge. The American Civil Liberties Union complained to Maui County this week afterseeing the menorah, accompanied by a dreidel, in front of the county building. A local rabbi had asked authoritiesfor permission to set up the menorah. The ACLU cited laws that say that displaying a religious symbol by itselfcould constitute endorsement of that religion. County workers scrambled Wednesday to find a Christmas tree, inshort supply in Hawaii this late in the season. One was found at a local botanical garden. "

If you may recall, the good folks running SeaTac airport, when challeneged by a local rabbi about all the Christmas trees and asked to put up a menorah, decided instead to remove all the Xmas tress.

Maybe the nicer weather in Maui makes for nicer governmental officials?