BROOKVILLE, Indiana (Brad Underwood) - A Christmas time display is back up in Brookville, Indiana.

Except this year, the nativity isn't the only message on display on the lawn outside the Franklin County Courthouse.

After a federal lawsuit against the county accusing it of violating the First Amendment was dropped, an ordinance was passed allowing a mixture of displays of all beliefs and religions to be place outside the courthouse.

Franklin County approved nine permits for displays, and many of those displays depict religious themes. However two of the displays aren't religious at all.

One of the displays is the "Bill of Rights Nativity" featuring George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and The Statue of Liberty, complete with The Bill of Rights in a manger.

A banner next to that sign calls religion "a myth" stating "there are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell."

That sign was something Marilyn Anderson and her family members were not expecting to see when they went to visit the manger with their 94-year-old mother.

"I didn't know that sign was there when we stopped," said Anderson. "I understand the Lord. The Lord saved me. I'm going to heaven when I die."

Martha Schmid sat in the car on Main Street near the nativity. The idea that someone would put up a sign saying religion is a superstation was foreign to her.

"How can you not believe in god? He's the one that created this world," said Schmid.

Franklin County is also facing a similar suit to the one dropped, a lawsuit filed on behalf of a group called the "Satanic Temple."

Each lot is 400 square feet, costing the permit holder $25. The displays are said to remain up until January.

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