The Hollings Cancer Center in Charleston, SC, created a firestorm of yuletide controversy after they told a volunteer that he would not be allowed to dress up as Santa Claus, according to FoxNews.Posted on 11/25/2011 8:58:08 AM PST by 2nd amendment mama
A South Carolina cancer center that gave Santa Claus the boot has reversed its decision, but said they will ban any Christmas decorations that are religious in nature - including the Nativity.
The Hollings Cancer Center in Charleston, SC, created a firestorm of yuletide controversy after they told a volunteer that he would not be allowed to dress up as Santa Claus, according to FoxNews.
Their Santa ban lasted about two days before they reversed course.
"Perhaps we stumbled here," Hollings spokeswoman Vicky Agnew said. "We are very well aware that Santa is not a religious figure, but we are a state institution and we wanted to tone down the overt commercial and any religious aspects to it."
Did you catch that? A cancer treatment center wants to "tone down" any religious aspects of Christmas!
So Santa gets a reprieve - but religious-themed Christmas decorations do not.
"That still stands," Agnew said. "We've got a diverse population here and a lot of folks celebrate the season differently – or don't celebrate it."
Hollings will not allow any religious symbols - at all.
"No Nativity scenes," Agnew said.
The worse aspect of the matter is that spiritual strength is the single most important element in curing cancer. This is another death trap provided by your friendly government gulag.
Where do they think people go after they die if not to Christ.. or don’t they believe people have a soul? This would of course explain much of their ideology.
“...will ban any Christmas decorations that are religious in nature..”
Needs to ban trees, the colors red and green, St. Nicholas, stars on top of the trees, Christmas carols...
Who do they think heals people of their cancer?
They can’t do it by themselves — God is the ultimate healer.
LIEberalism and political correctness are cancers unto themselves.
Well, not surprising. Political correctness trumps every other consideration.
I’m still slow on the uptake about the political correctness and Christmas decorations and celebrations. I have yet to meet anyone of a non-Christian faith such as Judaism who is offended by displays of Christmas. Yet the liberals tell us that people of other faiths or no faith are offended by Christmas displays. I’ve had many Jewish people wish me a Merry Christmas, not a happy holiday, even though they don’t celebrate it.
I think that the leftists think that people of other faith or no faith should be offended by displays of Christms, whereas those of other faiths really are not so offended.
I’m assuming nobody working for the Cancer Center has a Christmas Holiday with pay.
This is just plain cruel. I can’t believe they’d do this, even after all the research that has shown that prayer and faith play a strong part in recovery from cancer.
WHY is the SECOND part of that Statement FORGOTTEN???
I guess Festivus is more up their alley.
I think I’ll try to sneak in a Chanukah menorah and see how they react! LOL!
Doubling down on stupid.
THAT was my thought, too....NO HOLI Day pay for you!
I don’t think it’s that they’re actually “offended”—I think the leftists want to crush the Christian spirit. I don’t think they’re going to succeed.
Surprised that South Carolinians are letting this happen in their State. They’re pretty much the buckle of the Bible Belt.
I certainly hope then that all their employees work on December 25 (no double time pay or anything like that), I wouldn’t want them to somehow acknowledge that day as Christmas ...
Introduce legislation to defund and see how this works or divert their funds to faith-based charities (The SC has upheld government funds for such charities)
Santa Claus? Have they not heard of Saint Nick? One in the same I believe.
WHY is the SECOND part of that Statement FORGOTTEN???
Because it doesn't fit in with their agenda to have the "State" replace God.
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