The War on Christmas
Posted on December 1, 2005
First of all, Stop The ACLU got a full page, color ad in the Washington Times. If you haven’t seen it yet, you can do so HERE.
Every year we have come to expect the ACLU to wage war on Christmas. Just recently, the ADF won a victory for a school threatened by the ACLU over a nativity scene. The ACLU have created an environment that has spread like a virus across the nation. The far left have taken the politically correct ball and ran with it. They have redefined in their own minds, and in the minds of many Americans that “all inclusive” means “excluding” Christianity.
The environment the ACLU have created through threatening tactics across the years have made many schools proactive. In order to avoid lawsuits, some schools straight out banned the C word. This year, however, legal groups are being preemptive. The Alliance Defense Fund has even devoted a website, and offered free legal advice to any who feel they are being censored this year.
A backlash is happening this year as the American people are making their voices known. Wal-Mart felt the backlash, and backed off the politically correct exclusion of the word Christmas after being threatened with a boycott. Boston set off a furor this week when it officially renamed a giant tree erected in a city park a “holiday tree” instead of a “Christmas tree.”
The Capitol officially returned to calling it a Christmas tree instead of a holiday tree. Lowes also dumped the “holiday” reference after public outcry.
One Michagan family was told they could not display a nativity scene on their own lawn. After being threatened with fines if they did not remove it, they contacted the Thomas More Law Center, and were victorious in standing up for their rights.
Bill O’Reilly is leading the charge on his show, featuring the secularization of Christmas. John Gibson, also of FOX news has even written a book about it.
They are not alone, bloggers are reacting too. California Conservative has teamed up with us, and created a petition to support Christmas. Stop The ACLU is providing Christmas decorations for your blog. Kevin McCullough is asking his readers to send the ACLU Christmas cards.
Across the nation, people are standing up to the ACLU. In Georgia, legislators are proposing a bill that would allow counties to freely display historical documents “without threat from the ACLU. The Louisiana Legislature has approved a resolution urging Congress to pass the Constitution Restoration Act, a bill that would prohibit federal courts from ruling in cases involving government officials who acknowledge God “as the sovereign source of law, liberty or government.” Under the bill, any judge who violates the proposed rule by making “extrajurisdictional” decisions will have committed an offense that is grounds for impeachment.
Representative Hostettler has introduced legislation to the House that would limit attorney fees in Establishment Clause cases to injunctive relief only.
We have a petition set up asking Congress to stop taxpayer funding for the ACLU. Stand up, and fight the ACLU.
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“Holiday Tree”? “Holiday Tree”?! What other “Holiday” do we buy trees for other than “CHRISTMAS”? If they are going to start calling them “Holiday Trees”, then I guess we will start seeing ”Holiday Trees” for sale on Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Halloween, and Thanksgiving! On Easter, are we going to hide “Holiday Eggs”, have “Holiday Eggs” decorating kits, and start celebrating the arrival of the “Holiday Bunny”? This is getting a little ridiculous!
I am sick and tired of this assault on any symbol of Christianity out there. There is nothing about the term “CHRISTMAS TREE” that constitutes an insensitive or offensive thought toward anybody of any religion. There is nothing religious about a CHRISTMAS TREE, nothing. This is a national holiday, and a CHRISTMAS TREE display is simply the same as having firewords on the 4th of July. But Dennis Hastert is fighting back, in a small way. Good for him!
So, I guess in this age of political correctness where we are trying not to “offend anyone,” and to be “all-inclusive,” we should change the name of Veterans Day to something else because not everyone is a veteran. And while we’re at it, we can change the name of Thanksgiving to something else because not everyone is thankful. And, oh my gosh, Valentine’s Day, we need to abolish that altogether, because, not everyone has a spouse or a dating partner to celebrate that with. Can’t have Mother’s Day or Father’s Day either, not everyone has parents who are still alive. I think you get my point here, there is no way on God’s Green Earth that life can be lived without someone either being offended or feeling left out.
We win one, they unfortantely win one. We need to contact thos legislators and fill them in on the Constitution Restoration Act.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,177244,00.html
In regards to comment 4 by me. Write to representative Bosma and urge him and his fellow legislators to join Louisiana in their efforts regarding the Constitution Restoration Act.
Do it here: http://www.in.gov/cgi-bin/legislative/contact/contact.pl?data=House|Bosma,Brian%20C.|h88|hr
It is obvious that nativity scenes need to be banned from even churches if they can be seen from public streets. We don’t want to be offending any passers by do we?
Here in San Diego, a small “town” called Encinitas has taken back Christmas. This Saturday, instead of a “Holiday” parade, they will once again be having a Christmas Parade!!!! Go Encinitas!!!!
The “Drive to Put Christ back into Christmas” Go to http://www.nativitymagnets.com and read OUR STORY. Display a Nativty Magnet on the back of your car. A picture on the site..The Women’s Center Chicagoland is the main benifactor..your group can make money for your local group and also “Put Christ back into Christmas”.
Mr Wonderful…
Done! Thanks for the links.
Interesting that the main culprit in these statements are ACLU Lawsuits but wait what about this:
http://www.aclu.org/freespeech/gen/10925prs20020108.html
http://www.aclu.org/studentsrights/expression/12828prs200302
21.html?ht=christmas%20christmas
http://www.aclu.org/studentsrights/expression/12828prs20030221.html?ht=christmas%20christmas
sorry second link was broken
I sent Gribbit an email. Please add me to your Christmas Blog List. In fact, my most recent post is my Conservative Wish List for Christmas. The hate mail I have received is both anonymous and obscene. So it must be pretty good to get the lefties all in twist.
Thanks for the consideration of my blog for your anti-ACLU list.
CR
You idiots. There’s no “War on Christmas”. When the real war you started is not going your way you have to invent one that you can’t lose, because there is no enemy! Don’t you realize that these are the kinds of things that make all the people in the rest of the world shake their heads and wonder how such imbeciles hold the most power in the world. For Christ’s sake, why don’t you really do something to help the world, as Jesus would likely prefer?