PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The governor said Tuesday that lawmakers upset
with his decision to call the blue spruce erected in the Statehouse a
holiday tree instead of a Christmas tree should focus their energy on
feeding the poor.
Calling the 17-foot-tall spruce a
holiday tree is in keeping with Rhode Island's founding in 1636 by
religious dissident Roger Williams as a haven for tolerance, where
government and religion were kept separate, independent Gov. Lincoln
Chafee said.
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