Update (December 19 @ 6 p.m.)
The Franklin County Nativity scene will remain in place for Christmas.
Read more here.
Update (December 19 @ 12:10 p.m.)
A continuance has been ordered and the hearing has been rescheduled for 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 22.
First Report (December 18 @ 10 p.m.)
INDIANAPOLIS – An injunction hearing scheduled for Friday will decide whether the Franklin County Courthouse Nativity scene is on display during the holidays.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana hearing is in regards to a Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) request to have the display temporarily taken down until legal proceedings are resolved.
Franklin County commissioners Tom Linkel and Tom Wilson will attend the hearing alongside county attorney John Worth and two attorneys from Chicago.
The ACLU of Indiana filed a case Tuesday on behalf of the FFRF and two Franklin County residents alleging the Nativity’s location is a violation of the First Amendment.
