For the people that are saying that the airport over-reacted by taking down all decorations and not just putting up other religions items, think about this. First they are being threatened with a lawsuit, second they do not want their names in the media about this (hence the taking them down in the middle of the night).
So lets just say that they do get one of the guys that took the trees down to go on google and research all the other religions as one person suggested. So just to clarify, this is a baggage handler not a person that knows the world (just assuming that the baggage handlers do not have a batchlors degree). They find info on google, on lets keep it easy and says Jewish people. They take their findings to the airport manager and says this is what we need.
So the airport manager has to go and build this whatever the BH found, and it has to be "Giant" or they will get sued. So they take it back to the airport and unveil it, and as it turns out it is menorah is missing an arm or has to many. Oops that offends people as it is not right. Or they wound up making a giant swastika cause the guy just did a search on Jewish people and did not bother checking the history of what he found. Oops that is a big no no.
Also remember this is durung the Christmas season at an airport which is always the busiest season of the year for them as well.
So what was easier, rushing through the research and possably messing things up worse or cutting your losses and taking down everything?
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