'Holiday tree' or 'Christmas tree' in State Capitol? [Madison, WI]

Capital Times ^ | 11-26-07 | Hannah Young

[SJackson]

Common sense after over 2 decades. For your list?

[Old Sarge]

"It is just a tree, but when you put Christian in front of it, it becomes a symbol of the majority," Gaylor said.

Then in the spirit of Socialism, call it "The People's Tree".

[SIDENET]

I suggest “Mohammed Tree”.

[Red Badger]

Do they have a large menorah? What would they call it? The Holiday Menorah?..................

[rockabyebaby]

I’m really getting very tired of this nonsense.....How many more years are we going to have to keep up this fight, I’ll be damned if I’m going to give in to the “happy holiday” crowd, but man oh man, every year it starts a little bit earlier and it gets a little more ridiculous....WHERE/WHEN does it all end?

[SJackson]

I’m really getting very tired of this nonsense.....How many more years are we going to have to keep up this fight, I’ll be damned if I’m going to give in to the “happy holiday” crowd, but man oh man, every year it starts a little bit earlier and it gets a little more ridiculous....WHERE/WHEN does it all end?

Read the article, they went to Holiday Tree in 1985, now, after 22 years, there's a proposal to go back to Christmas Tree, because that's what it is.

[stephenjohnbanker]

“I’m really getting very tired of this nonsense.....How many more years are we going to have to keep up this fight, I’ll be damned if I’m going to give in to the “happy holiday” crowd, but man oh man, every year it starts a little bit earlier and it gets a little more ridiculous....WHERE/WHEN does it all end?”

Good question.

[RobbyS]

The socialists want to eliminate every public sign of Christianity. As for the objection to the “majority,” by all means: no new law except by unanimous consent;

[SJackson]

See 7

[stephenjohnbanker]

“Read the article, they went to Holiday Tree in 1985, now, after 22 years, there’s a proposal to go back to Christmas Tree, because that’s what it is”

Yep.....it is amazing when it is indeed a Christmas tree.

[Baladas]

Every year, yep - but be careful, part of their strategy is to whine incessantly to you give them what they want. That worked for my kids when they were younger, still does.

[SJackson]

Do they have a large menorah? What would they call it? The Holiday Menorah?..................

Don't know if they have one

[Red Badger]

These whole “holiday” arguments are so senseless and a waste of time and money.............except for lawyers................

[wastedyears]

Eat it, Liberals

[originalbuckeye]

With issues like this, when you can’t call a Christmas tree a Christmas tree, then you may as well just put up a Festivus Pole. Maybe then everybody will be disgusted enough to return to calling decorations by their true name. One can only hope!

[Diplomat]

Uh, no, those decorations MUST BE CALLED the “holiday star” or “holiday candelabra.”

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

I like Christmas trees and I’m Jewish. They look very nice next to our Chanukah bush.

Now, as for “The tree is being put up in the Capitol rotunda today,” I have another suggestion. Let’s shove it up Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the Madison-based Freedom From Religion Foundation, put a light bulb in her mouth, and call her Rudolph Gaylor The Red-Nosed Holiday Tree.

Let her glow, let her glow, let her glow.

Wisconsin, it figures!

[VOA]

"Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the Madison-based
Freedom From Religion Foundation"

if there was "truth in journalism"...
The Heckler's Veto Foundation To Erase History And Culture

[dr_lew]

With something like this, the day people question it and start arguing about it, it’s already over. It’ll never be the same again. ( I feel a Roy Orbison song coming on )