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Amen!
Your tax dollars at work, if you live in Catawba County, NC ... paying for both sides of a lawsuit over whether a church can put a Bible verse on an advertising sign for which it's paid.
I wonder how I would find out whether there's any litigation of this sort in my county?
God Bless America!!
God Bless the ADF. The anti-ACLLU.
Pings to a NC FRiend.
***That we need to fight for the right to wish someone a "Merry Christmas" speaks to the obscene intolerance of secular atheists and their God-hating cohorts.***
Time to start your Christmas shopping, and in every instance wish the clerk MERRY CHRISTMAS. Time to reclaim your right to do so.
.....(Romans 10:17)
Well, I'm one of those atheists, and I have no problem with a church advertising on the field, as long as others are allowed to do the same.
Being an atheist does not necessarily mean you are opposed to what others believe. For me, someone else's beliefs are their right, just as my disbelief is my right.
If your church wants to buy an ad on the ball field, next to the ad for someone's car dealership, I can see no reason why that shouldn't be OK.
And fight to have the Cross restored to the LA Couny seal.
"Hey, who's this 'Christ' guy that keeps getting mentioned...you're saying he's the reason for the holiday? I thought it was all about Santa Claus..." LOL
(look at the schedule for Di$ney Channel over the next 6 weeks and find anything about Jesus....
Syndie talk host Howie Carr (nicknamed "Father Kwanzaa"
by some tongue-in-cheek listeners) always talks about this and greets listeners with a hearty "Happy Hhhhhhhholiday..." After all, we can't say Christmas
anymore and when kids sing Christmas Carols--excuse me,
Winter Solstice Songs, they're not allowed to do
"Away in a Manger", "Joy to the World", "We Three Kings".
Nope, it's "All I Want For Christmas", "Here Comes
Santa Claus"...
From Stan Freberg's "Green Chri$tma$":
CRATCHET: Well, I guess you fellows will never change.
SCROOGE: Why should we? Christmas has two s's in it, and they're both dollar signs.
CRATCHET: Yeah, but they weren't there to begin with.
SCROOGE: Eh?
CRATCHET: The people keep hoping you'll remember. But you never do.
SCROOGE: Remember what?
CRATCHET: Whose birthday we're celebrating.
SCROOGE: Well, ....... don't get me wrong. The story of Christmas, in its simplicity, is a good thing - I'll buy that. It's just that we know a good thing when we see it.
CRATCHET: But don't you realize Christmas has a significance, a meaning.
SCROOGE: A sales curve! Wake up, Cratchet, it's later than you think.
CRATCHET: I know, Mr. Scrooge, I know.
Time went by and the county took over the display. More and more "stops" were added with ever more intricate and elaborate displays. Costs went up so the county looked for sponsorships. Last year Calvary Chapel wished to sponsor a display that included a cross and said "Jesus is the reason for the season."
Someone complained - we are talking about Broward County, Florida - and Calvary was told they could not sponsor because they had a religious theme. Understand, this whole display started as a Christmas celebration, but now had become a "Holiday Festival of Lights." Yeah, right.
Calvary sued and won. They had their display put up last year.
This year the county announced that because they could not control the content, there would be no more sponsorships of the displays. The article in the paper went on to describe the festive pirate display, snow display, bear display, etc. Of course there are no Christmas themed displays at all.
BTTT
"London printers Charles Goodall & Sons became the first to mass-produce Christmas cards. In 1862 they created cards saying "A Merry Christmas." Later, they designed cards with various designs, including robins, holly, mangers, snowmen, and even Little Red Riding Hood."
Saying "Merry Christmas" has been around longer than the PC freaks we have to deal with today. I say, say whatever you want to whomever you want and let the chips fall where they may!
If you want to get someone REALLY riled up, offer them a Candy Cane, LOL! Go check out why for yourselves, below...
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/christmas2.html