Last Updated Nov 18th, 2019 at 10:27 am

A married couple in Idaho is going toe-to-toe with not just their homeowner’s association but a federal judge, both of whom forbid them from keeping a live camel in their front yard as part of their Nativity display.

The Morris family had sued the West Hayden Estates First Addition Homeowner’s Association in 2014, after the organization had forbid their massive 200,000-light Christmas display. The homeowner’s association countersued, arguing that the presence of the camel in the display violated the HOA agreement, which forbids livestock.

A federal judge ruled in the Morrises favor, but in April a subsequent judge reversed that opinion, declaring the couple “permanently enjoined” from constructing a similar display in front of their home.

The couple has appealed the latest decision.