Ohio town threatens legal action against ‘zombie’ baby Jesus Nativity scene on man’s lawn

[freebuddy]

Ohio town threatens legal action against zombie baby Jesus Nativity scene on mans lawn

David Edwards

23 Dec 2014 at 14:55 ET

Nativity scene features 'zombie' baby Jesus (WXIX)

A man in Ohio is facing legal action if he does not take down his Nativity scene that features zombies instead of traditional biblical characters.

Jasen Dixon told WXIX that he manages 13 Rooms of Doom haunted house, so he already had the zombies, including one resembling the baby Jesus.

I wanted a Nativity scene and I worked with what I had, he explained.

Neighbor Dan Fluker said that he didnt really pay attention to the Nativity scene until the different color lights came on, then finally the baby was put in the manger.

The neighbors dont like it. My father hates it and anything bad that happens he blames it on that, Dixon pointed out. On the average we probably get 30 or 40 cars stop and taking pictures, getting out with their camera. People that follow zombie movies and stuff like that love it,

But just days after WXIX spoke to Dixon, Sycamore Township township ordered him to take it down or face legal action. Town officials claimed that Dixon was breaking the rules with a structure on the front side of his yard, and a display that took up more than 35 percent of the area.

But Dixon said that he wasnt buying the explanation.

Ive lived here for 15 years and Ive never had a violation of any kind, he insisted. Its a holiday decoration. I know if it was a real pretty nativity scene they wouldnt be saying anything.

Sycamore Township wants the zombies off his lawn by Dec. 26.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/ohio-town-threatens-legal-action-against-zombie-baby-jesus-nativity-scene-on-mans-lawn/

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What do you think about this story, threadstarter?

[freebuddy]

What do you think about this story, threadstarter?

You First!

[Twilight Sparkle]

"Sycamore Township wants the zombies off his lawn by Dec. 26"

but that's after christmas tho lol no point anymore. it's like saying you want halloween decorations off by nov. 1. its old news at that point

[freebuddy]

"Sycamore Township wants the zombies off his lawn by Dec. 26"

but that's after christmas tho lol no point anymore. it's like saying you want halloween decorations off by nov. 1. its old news at that point

It's still Boxing Day though.

[Bocivus]

What do you think about this story, threadstarter?

DId you just ask freebuddy (aka - the copy and paste king) for his own original thought? You munst be new here.

[Bocivus]

You First!

I rest my case.

[RUPERTKBD]

"Sycamore Township wants the zombies off his lawn by Dec. 26"

Hey Zombies.....Get off my lawn!

[Rick Grimes]

Look, I understand wanting to get rid of Walkers as much as the next guy, but c'mon...

[BanTSN]

[TheFleetwoodMack]

Good thing it wasn't a baby Kim Jong Un Jesus

[Mr.53]

Let him go. If you can have a nativity scene, then you can have a zombie nativity scene. Last time I checked, it's not illegal to depict Jesus as a zombie.

[Lockout Casualty]

Let him go. If you can have a nativity scene, then you can have a zombie nativity scene. Last time I checked, it's not illegal to depict Jesus as a zombie.

Just inaccurate. Jesus was (is?) a lich.

[Chalky]

Didn't Jesus supposedly come back from death? Isn't that what a zombie is? Perhaps it's the most accurate nativity scene I've ever seen.

[Armada]

lol there is no way the town wins this one.

[Riviera82]

It makes a mockery of everything Christmas originally stood for. I think it's sick and that guy should be forced to take it down; but of course now that Christmas is all about Santa Claus and commercialism probably nothing will be done about it.

[Kragar]

Didn't Jesus supposedly come back from death? Isn't that what a zombie is? Perhaps it's the most accurate nativity scene I've ever seen.

Yeah, but that was later on. He wasn't a zombie baby Jesus. At least, there are no record of it that I am aware of.

One of the more interesting sacrilegious things out there. If the by-laws support the town's claim, then it should be a done deal, but with the town making him wait until 12/26, it let's him have his fun while making a weak attempt to placate the offended citizens.

[Langdon Algur]

Yeah, but that was later on. He wasn't a zombie baby Jesus. At least, there are no record of it that I am aware of.

One of the more interesting sacrilegious things out there. If the by-laws support the town's claim, then it should be a done deal, but with the town making him wait until 12/26, it let's him have his fun while making a weak attempt to placate the offended citizens.

As a City Planner I can tell you I have never heard of lot coverage restrictions or yard setbacks applying to a holiday display, nor do I think they would be enforceable.

[BanTSN]

Yeah, but that was later on. He wasn't a zombie baby Jesus. At least, there are no record of it that I am aware of.

One of the more interesting sacrilegious things out there. If the by-laws support the town's claim, then it should be a done deal, but with the town making him wait until 12/26, it let's him have his fun while making a weak attempt to placate the offended citizens.

Pretty sure he ate Pilate's live brains, and Rome's fall actually began with a zombie apocaplyse that started the holy land. What books u b readin?

[Crackers]

It makes a mockery of everything Christmas originally stood for. I think it's sick and that guy should be forced to take it down; but of course now that Christmas is all about Santa Claus and commercialism probably nothing will be done about it.

People who believe that it should be taken down like yourself know what freedom of speech is, correct?