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>> now, despite that recommendation, the city never even considered changing the reference of good friday. and it is a city day off. a city holiday here in davenport so how did that -- how did that notice, that closure notice get out with the words "spring holiday" as opposed to good friday. well, it came out of the city administrator's office. so city administrator craig meeland says, well, because it came in my office, then it's my fault so he's taking blame for this. but it did get a life of its own thanks to those weekend reports about how the name apparently had been changed when, in fact...

Holiday, citing the separation of church and state, and that is when folks started to complain. steve brown is in davenport, iowa with more on this story. steve, tell us what happened. >> reporter: hey there. yes, well, despite what you may have heard from other media outlets, the city manager here in davenport wants you to make sure that you know that they did not change the name of good friday. >> the city of davenport did not officially change the name of good friday to spring holiday. it did not occur. >> reporter: what did happen was this closure notice, sent to city workers, reminding th...

Spring holiday. davenport police personnel reportedly did not like that reference for the day which is good friday. that led to this story in "the quad city times" noting a city government name change for good friday. >> myself and the rest of city council were blindsided by this. >> so were davenport residents. >> leave it alone. >> when is this going to stop? this is not right. >> why would you want to change that? >> the city's civil rights commission had a reason. last year, it sent a letter to the mayor, city council and city manager suggesting that calling a city holiday an observance of...

Time, the city council did not vote on the change and the name of the holiday never officially changed by vote of the city council. and so what happened was this administrator said we're going to call it a spring holiday and there was such outrage, they wound up having to issue that statement yesterday. >> if anybody had a blood pressure cuff, bring that out to me. i'm about ready to expire. where are we going on this country? who is going to stand up for the majority of the country and say this is crazy? this is absolutely crazy. a couple of ministers said in the article that i read, why the ...

Dead soldiers as well as protesting homosexuality. the supreme court will hear the case next term to decide whether the right to picket funerals is protected or limited by the privacy and religious rights of the mourners. ahead of easter sunday, president obama says he and his wife michelle have decided against joining a church in the area because of the security involved in a presidential visit. quote, we have decided for now not to join a single church because michelle and i have realized we're very disruptive to services. the president says his family enjoys the chapel services at camp davi...