Holiday cross has new home after KY business says it could ‘offend’
Ed Thomas
OneNewsNow.com
A gas company in Owensboro, Kentucky, decided not to light its 50-foot by 30-foot cross for Christmas this year because of concerns over offending people of faiths other than Christianity. The controversy has ended with the donation of the cross to a local Baptist church.
Texas Gas Transmission’s Owensboro affiliate had been lighting the cross for four decades before the company’s decision not to do it this year. Associated Press reported that president Dean Jones said the cross is a religious symbol that is not accepted by everyone, and the company did not want to offend those employees or visitors — a statement given only after employees complained when Texas Gas did not place the cross out for decoration this year.
After some inquiries from interested parties, the company has given the decoration to Crosspointe Baptist Church off U.S. 60 West, which installed it on its new Christian Life Center and lighted it recently in time for the Christmas holiday.Jones said with his company’s “non-discriminatory policy,” he felt giving away the cross was the right thing to do; and Crosspointe’s pastor says Jones is a known Christian who should not be criticized for protecting corporate interests.
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