12.21.2006

The Nativity Story: Episode IV

By Shawn Healy

The Mayor's Office of Special Events finally conceded in the ridiculous battle over the screening of "The Nativty Story" at Christkindlmarket on Daley Plaza in Chicago. They turned down the $12,000 offer initially for three separate reasons: 1) the film might offend non-Christians; 2) its blatant commercial message; and 3) pedestrian safety. I commented upon the screening's constitutionality in an earlier posting, and congratulate the city for finally getting it right, just in time for Christmas.

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SHAWN HEALY

Managing Director

McCormick Freedom Project

Shawn is responsible for overseeing and managing the operations associated with the McCormick Freedom Project. Additionally, he serves as the in house content expert and voice of museum through public speaking and original scholarship. Before joining the Freedom Project, he taught American Government, Economics, American History, and Chicago History at Community High School in West Chicago, IL and Sheboygan North High School in Wisconsin.

Shawn is a doctoral candidate within the Political Science Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago where he received his MA in Political Science. He is a 2001 James Madison Fellow from the State of Wisconsin and holds a bachelor's degree in Political Science, History, and Secondary Education from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

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