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U.S. communities fail to keep 'Christ' in Christmas
THE WASHINGTON TIMES ^ | December 9, 2004 | Jennifer Harper

Posted on 12/09/2004 9:47:47 AM PST by RepCath

Is America ready for C-----mas? Christmas has been sanitized in schools and public squares, in malls and parades where Santa's OK, Jesus Christ is not. "Jingle Bells" rocks, but forget about "Silent Night." Some hope to assure the nation that it's all right to say "Merry Christmas." Champions of creches, live Nativity scenes, Christmas trees, greeting cards and salutations offer compelling evidence that December 25 is still a religious holiday -- not a violation of separation of church and state. They are ready to rumble. "Those who think that the censoring of Christmas is a blue-state phenomenon need to consider what happened today in the Wichita [Kansas] Eagle," said William Donahue of the New York-based Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights. The Kansas newspaper ran a correction, he said, for mistakenly referring to a "Christmas Tree" rather than a "Community Tree" at the Wichita Winterfest celebration.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antichristmas; bias; christmas; purge; scrooges; waronchristmas
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1 posted on 12/09/2004 9:47:47 AM PST by RepCath
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To: RepCath

I want to make a political statement!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!


2 posted on 12/09/2004 9:49:14 AM PST by OwnershipSociety
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To: RepCath

All these people bashing the Christmas holiday better start checking themselves for the 666 tattoo on their body. I'm sure Satan's waiting in Hell with open arms for them.


3 posted on 12/09/2004 9:51:04 AM PST by MadAnthony1776
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To: RepCath

It's really sad. The only encouraging thing is more and more people are finally starting to rebel against all this anti-Chrisitianity PC non-sense.


4 posted on 12/09/2004 9:55:22 AM PST by Always Right
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To: OwnershipSociety

Merry Christmas

The reason for the season.


5 posted on 12/09/2004 9:59:31 AM PST by redcountyrepublican (Keeping the keyboard warmed up and the Hard Drive's Loaded!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: RepCath
Christmas has been sanitized in schools and public squares...

Au contraire, mon ami Jennifer.

(A little French lingo there, to prove that I bear no malice towards frogs. Properly prepared, their legs are delicious.)

Christmas is being stepped on with muddy jackboots!

God's children (especially the bad ones) will never learn.

Homosexuals got aids, for further blasphemies against the Holy Name of Jesus, what punishment will rain down upon us, only God knows!

How much more will America take of this trodding upon Jesus Christ before action is taken?

Our salvation may hang in the balance.

6 posted on 12/09/2004 10:00:43 AM PST by JesseHousman
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To: OwnershipSociety
We need church bells ringing 24/7 worldwide!

How many Christmas songs can you name that have mentioned in them the word 'Bells' in American and European 'cultural' Christmas histories and music?

Merry Christmas!

7 posted on 12/09/2004 10:02:28 AM PST by maestro
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To: RepCath

If they don't want Christ is Christmas they can just go to work on the holidays then.


8 posted on 12/09/2004 10:03:07 AM PST by escapefromboston (manny ortez: mvp)
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To: RepCath

We need to sue Santa Claus....it's religious in origin, too.

Take it ALL away, and maybe someone will wake up.


9 posted on 12/09/2004 10:12:24 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army and Proud of It!)
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To: maestro

e need church bells ringing 24/7 worldwide!
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We currently see this happening... right now... today,,, in Hamtramk, Michigan... where the ignorant city councel has purposely given Muslims permission to pollute the entire city with high-powered loud speaker screechings from the top of their mosques, from morning to night, six times a day, seven days a week, as they scream Muslim chants to glorify their pagan moon god Allah, and his child molesting, head chopping prophet, Mohammud (may he rot in hell). And the ACLU backs them 100%, threatening to sue anyone who dares to complain !!!

Yes, yes... the ACLU... the American Civil Liberties Union... but in reality it's the Arabic Communist Lucifer Union, championing their "cleave unto" plan of action against Judeo-Christian America. And then they further defend it by saying... "Hey, it's no different then when you disgustingly filthy, pig fat polluted, less than human Infidels ring your damned evil church bells on Sunday morning." !!!

Wherever it comes, Islam brings its delightful customs – child marriages, female circumcisions, rabid hatred toward Christians, Hindus, Jews, Buddhists and every other non-muslim, terrorism and support for terrorism and a virulent intolerance of other faiths as it invades the local population !!!

So am I suggesting we declare war on over 1 million billion Muslims? The question is moot – Islam has declared war on the rest of the human race. When one side knows it’s at war and the other thinks peace and brotherhood prevail, guess who wins???

Ultimately, it is not about Jews in Israel, or Orthodox Serbs in Kosovo, or Hindus in Kashmir, Buddhists in Thailand, or Maronite Catholics in Lebanon, Taoists in China, or Christians in Sudan, Nigeria and Russia... but ALL OF US. As Ben Franklin would have it – Either we will "hang" together, or surely we shall all "hang" separately (now swap "be decapitated" for "hang" to properly update Mr. Franklin) !!!

So, OwnershipSociety... have you loved a filthy, scum-sucking, Islamofascist Muzzle-em murderer today? Why not? What? You refuse to convert to Islam and follow the insanely murderous teachings of the Koran?

Sheeesh... obviously you are just another one of us sub-human Infidels who's name will be on the list for bloody decapitation by a friendly and p-i-e-c-e-ful Islamofascist Muzzle-em murderer.

P.S. You won't even get 72 virgins when they off your head !!!


10 posted on 12/09/2004 10:15:45 AM PST by GeekDejure ( LOL = Liberals Obey Lucifer !!!)
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To: RepCath

Not in my town, my town was founded by Catholic Germans, the nativity scene is smack in the middle of town at the town park right across from the the flag pole & the veterans memorial in plain sight.

MD


11 posted on 12/09/2004 10:18:54 AM PST by MD_Willington_1976
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To: escapefromboston

"If they don't want Christ is Christmas they can just go to work on the holidays then."

Amen! The government offices can stay open for the duration of the Easter holidays as well. And mail should now be delivered on Sundays - no more day of rest on the day set aside to worship!!

It just burns me to no end that learning about and celebrating other religion's holidays (hannukah, kwanza, ramaadan, etc.) is A-OK for the schools and government offices, but any mention of Christmas being a celebration of the birth of Christ (and, thus, the beginning of Christianity) is BANNED. I am always open to LEARNING how others celebrate and I don't even oppose having my kids learn about it in school (growing up in Southern California, we 'celebrated' Cinco de Mayo - that didn't make me Mexican OR Catholic!). I just don't believe for one second that the entire Christian religion should be banned in order to "not offend" anyone.

The whole idea of someone being "offended" enough to banish another person's beliefs just disgusts me. I'll do my thing, you do yours - as long as neither is hurting the other, what is the problem??? I've never assaulted a gay person for their choices (and to do that would now be a crime), so why should MY personal freedoms and choices be trampled in an effort to create a more "tolerant" world?!


12 posted on 12/09/2004 10:19:54 AM PST by Capagrl (Integrity is shown in what you do, not what you say.)
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To: RepCath
Christmas apart from Christ makes Christmas a PAGAN RELIGIOUS Holiday....

Since there is only God vs Satan in the world system....

Christmas apart from Jesus Christ is therefore a Satanic holiday making Christmas.. anti Christ...

Negating Jesus' Birth... his life, and his 'crucification in our place' and the resurrection we may all have in Him....makes a 'non Christ in Christmas' negate the GOD of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob...


If we cannot have 'religious' public holidays then Christmas should be canceled -forthwith.. as satan worship aka pagan worship is still a form of religious worship albeit false...but an expression of religion nonetheless

imo

13 posted on 12/09/2004 10:22:01 AM PST by joesnuffy (Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
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To: Always Right

I agree - people are starting to speak out.


14 posted on 12/09/2004 10:22:10 AM PST by cvq3842
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To: Capagrl

No more Sabath either...since Sunday was set aside as a day of rest-worship...and Christian worship to boot...

Everybody in Government back to work....how fast will congress reject this notion...bwahahahaha


15 posted on 12/09/2004 10:24:27 AM PST by joesnuffy (Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
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To: GeekDejure

Time for churches to invest in NEW church bells!


16 posted on 12/09/2004 10:26:45 AM PST by maestro
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To: RepCath

Some people don't like white people. Maybe all white people should be banned from the country.


17 posted on 12/09/2004 10:35:27 AM PST by HaveGunWillTravel
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To: RepCath

It's time to start the random deportations.


18 posted on 12/09/2004 10:39:15 AM PST by henderson field
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Amen!


19 posted on 12/09/2004 10:48:48 AM PST by FairfaxVA (SELECT * FROM liberals WHERE clue > 0. Zero rows returned!)
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To: RepCath

I demand that all people who sooo object to Christmas work through the entire Christmas season, including Christmas Day.


20 posted on 12/09/2004 10:54:26 AM PST by AmericanChef
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