Eyewitness NewsPITMAN -- A national group is asking officials in the southern New Jersey town of Pitman to take down a banner that says "Keep Christ in Christmas." The Freedom From Religion Foundation says the banner violates the Constitution because it was put up by members of the local fire department and hangs from two town-owned light posts over a county-owned road.
The banner was paid for by a Knights of Columbus group.
Officials say a similar banner has hung over the town about a dozen miles south of Philadelphia for the past 50 years.Freedom From Religion says the banner should be moved to private property.
The mayor says he's asked a town lawyer to look into the situation.
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