City attacks couple over religion

This story is a few days old, but it's just now getting national exposure.

Right-wing city officials in Des Moines, Iowa, are engaged in a war against religion. A couple there is under attack because they dared to paint Pagan symbols on their own fence.

According to the city, the symbols are nothing but graffiti - even though the couple owns the fence where the symbols appeared.

This is such a clear case of someone being discriminated against for their religion that I almost can't believe this is going on in America in 2008. Wait, actually I can, considering how far down the toilet of wingnuttery the country has eddied.

The city began harassing the couple when a neighbor complained about the symbols. This despite the fact that a city inspector already approved the fence with the symbols on it.

(And yes, bigots have already assailed the couple in the comment section of the Iowa paper.)

(Source: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080610/NEWS/806100380/-1/LIFE04)