4 family fought with their neighbors for the right to enchant Christmas

An Idaho family has won a $75 settlement after they sued a homeowners association for religious discrimination for trying to stop an annual five-day Christmas event that attracted thousands of people.

Photo: Facebook / Jeremy and Kristy Morris

The jurors unanimously supported Jeremy and Christy Morris, who are known for having a festive extravaganza every five days before Christmas, which members of the Homeowners Association were dissatisfied with.

Festive decorations included bright lights, Christmas music and even Santa Claus.

But even before the family moved into the house on Ferndale Drive, which they chose according to their Christmas preferences, the Homeowners Association had already prepared a list of the inconveniences they caused other people.

Photo: Facebook / Jeremy and Kristy Morris

In a letter from 2014, the Association wrote: “This is not the intention of the Council to prevent you from becoming part of our society, but we don’t want [enchanting celebrations - ed. ForumDaily] surfaced in any expensive lawsuit to comply with long-standing rules and regulations and filled our area with hundreds of people, sometimes undesirable. We worked hard to keep our community peaceful, quiet and clean ... ”

Photo: Facebook / Jeremy and Kristy Morris

However, the earlier version of the letter contained direct gross refusals.

It said: “We do not want to figure in any expensive lawsuits to ensure compliance with the old rules and fill our neighborhood with rabble! We do not allow this kind of event in our area. ”

They said that the family would have to cancel the celebrations or move.

However, Morris enjoyed the right of the First Amendment to peacefully carry his faith and good to the masses. All he asked was to make a contribution to the Emmett Paul Snyders Foundation, which distributed funds to help children suffering from cancer, abuse and neglect.

Morris said that the president of the Association of Homeowners, Ron Taylor, addressed him with the fact that "the association does not like Christmas."

Photo: Facebook / Jeremy and Kristy Morris

Angie Cox, who lived next door, helped Morris in this court case, saying that during a telephone conversation with association leader Jennifer Scott it became clear to her that they were trying to influence her opinion of her neighbor.

“I asked Mrs. Scott what the real problem was and why they did not consult an attorney,” Cox said in the affidavit. “Is he really breaking the law—or breaking the rules—or do you guys just not want him here?” And she told me, "We just don't want him here."

Cox added that she did not hear the noise from the neighbors.

Photo: Facebook / Jeremy and Kristy Morris

In addition, it turned out that the neighbors threatened visitors who came to look at the house and decorations around it, kicked their cars, grumbled and shouted to people to leave.

Cox claimed that the neighbors even threatened to kill Morris and called him "the enemy."

Morris, who works as a lawyer, wants to move to another area after winning a case.

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