Lexington Still Discriminating Against Crèche

Selectmen in Lexington passed new rules last July prohibiting all unattended structures on the Battlefield Green for over eight hours, thus banning the annual Christmas crèche. However, this platform truck, two sets of bleachers and a podium sat unattended on the Lexington Battle Green for up to five days before Patriots Day this spring. The town’s legal counsel, William Lahey, said the unattended structures were merely “accessories” related to an authorized event. But Atty. Chester Darling said, “Free speech for me, but not for thee,” in response to the hypocrisy. Atty. Darling’s lawsuit against the town is still being litigated in a U.S. court in Boston. 

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