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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 5:41 am Post subject: Merry Christmas!
I'm pleased to see that so far this year there has been a noticeable decline in the amount of anti-Christmas rhetoric being spread by various religious minority and civil rights groups. As someone who celebrates Christmas, I respect the right of every individual to celebrate religious holidays of their faith, in private or in public, and would by no means seek to prevent them from doing so freely because it is not what I happen to believe. I don't think it is asking too much to expect the same in return. Christmas displays and decorations are in no way defamatory of Judaism, Islam or any other faith. If it is the absence of a representation of their faith that religious minorities find offensive, then they should by all means respond in kind with displays and decorations of their own, rather than call for the removal of the Christmas decor. Speaking for myself, if I lived in a predominantly Jewish community, you would certainly not find me taking issue with any Hanukkah decorations. You would, however, find Christmas lights on my house and a plastic Santa Clause on the lawn. The anti-Christmas movement is a product of a developing culture in this country wherein the will of the many is sacrificed to appease the few. This is a modern social attitude that extends far beyond the Christmas issue. In a country with such strong democratic roots, it is surprising to me how often we must bend under the pressure of protecting the interests of a small group of individuals despite the interests of the majority. We are so afraid of offending one small group of people, that we invariably succumb to the pressure and eliminate the cause of the offense. In doing so, however, we end up offending the majority of the people, whose interests were skirted in favor of appeasing the minority.
Let's not forget that Christmas displays and decorations are intended to celebrate one particular religious holiday, not to disparage another. Please appreciate the right of a religious faction to celebrate their faith freely.
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