We spent an outsized amount of time on the topper. Of everything we’ve tested, the disco ball remains the sentimental favorite—but it didn’t survive the final cut. Before Georgia, there was Ohio. The Ohio Statehouse approved and hosted the Festivus display without incident. No drama. No hand-wringing. No constitutional gymnastics. The pole went up, the rules were followed, and viewpoint …
Published March 1, 2016 by Politico. Stevens, the atheist activist behind Florida’s Capitol Festivus pole, sought permission to display a 6-foot Shinto phallus in the state Capitol in spring 2016. He argued that if officials allow Christian or other religious symbols, they must also allow his phallic “Festival of the Steel Phallus” – otherwise, he warned, they should expect a …
Published December 17, 2015 by Maxim. Chaz Stevens won approval to erect a rainbow-colored Festivus pole topped with a disco ball in the Oklahoma Capitol rotunda as a nod to gay rights. “Out goes the Ten Commandments. In comes the gay pride Festivus pole,” Stevens quipped, noting Oklahoma’s removal of a Ten Commandments monument and celebrating the year’s progress on …
Published December 10, 2015 by TIME. For the third year in a row, Stevens brought a Festivus pole to Florida’s Capitol – this time a 6-foot-6 “Rainbow gay edition” pole with a rainbow sleeve and a disco ball, celebrating LGBT pride. Stevens said the colorful display was meant to “celebrate diversity… [and] religious freedom for all, not just… some,” underscoring …
Published December 13, 2013 by WLRN Public Media. Original article: Florida Capitol’s Festivus Pole Gets International Attention:contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}:contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}. A 6-foot pole made of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer cans is making news around the world as it stands in Florida’s Capitol building:contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}. Stevens, an atheist activist, said he intended to “make a circus out of it” to protest government endorsement of religious …
