NAPLES, Italy -- A live Nativity scene planned at the U.S. Navy base in Bahrain was dropped from a holiday program after an atheist group complained that it amounted to command sponsorship of a Christian event and could put servicemembers in the Muslim-majority country at risk.
MORE: http://www.stripes.com/news/live-nativity-scene-at-bahrain-base-scuttled-after-atheist-group-complains-1.200575
See also...
Military Atheist Group Forces Naval Base To Remove Live Nativity Scene
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/12/11/military-atheist-group-forces-naval-base-to-remove-live-nativity-scene/
