A suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio has ordered one resident to remove a zombie-themed nativity scene from his property, local TV station WLWT reported Tuesday night.
Jasen Dixon, a Sycamore Township man who manages a haunted house in Indiana, built the manger scene with zombie-like figures standing in for Joseph, Mary, baby Jesus and the three wise men.
But town officials following up on two anonymous complaints found that Dixon’s handmade nativity scene violated zoning codes.
The structure takes up more than 35 percent of Dixon’s front yard, which is a violation, Greg Bickford of the Sycamore Township Administration Office told WLWT. Dixon faces a $1,000 fine if he doesn’t take the display down by noon on Friday.
The town does not “regulate displays for content,” Bickford assured WLWT.
Dixon’s fiancee, Amanda, told the news station that the nativity scene wasn’t meant to offend anyone’s religious beliefs.
Uh huh. Uh huh. Right.
Let this be a lesson for all. Once you start lying about Santa, it’s just a slippery slope for everyone.
First they came for the zombies…
But seriously, it has to be taken down the day after xmas? He can either do that or move all the stuff so it only takes up 34% of his front yard.
War on Zombie Christmas!!!
Shouldn’t zombie-themed displays be put out for Easter?
That’s what I’d do next.
See how far their “does not regulate displays for content” screed extends.
Zombie Baby Jesus in the pic?
Someone did a great job mocking that up.
The God whose tenets I follow?
Has a great sense of humor.
jw1