Ravenwood - 12/20/04 07:45 AM
Christians are being accused of not letting Christmas die a politically correct death. Some people seem to think that wishing someone "Merry Christmas" might as well be followed by "and the horse you rode in on". Moreso, they think that celebrating Christmas ought to be illegal if you're standing on public property.
But Christians are fighting back, and are refusing to let their holly jolly holiday be banned. Christmas opponents, meanwhile, are crying foul and say that Christians are on a holy roller crusade, led by Reverend Bush himself.
"This mixing of secular and religious symbols ought to be seen as a bad thing, not a good thing, for Christian believers," [Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State] said. "Unfortunately, some of the Christian pressure groups seem to have it backwards."Lynn no sooner got the words out of his mouth, when a van pulled up and members of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy jumped out and hauled him off for political re-education.Added Lynn: "I think it's fair to say it's a mistaken notion that they have a mandate to put more nativity scenes up because George Bush was elected."
Category: All Bush's Fault
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Just yesterday, my grandmother, a completely non-religious and probably athiest individual, told me she was sick of the phrase, "Happy Holidays". She wishes people would return to offering the sentiment of a "Merry Christmas." She just sees it as a more heart-felt, warmer greeting, despite the fact that she doesn't consider herself a Christian.
That's how bad things have gotten with the Separation-of-Church-and-State crowd - even the non-religious are starting to get sick of their routine!
Ah, but I long for the days of Festivus, where we could engage in the Feats of Strength without fear of offending the wimps.
Posted by: roger at December 20, 2004 10:36 AMWhen I was a small child, I watched a "water witch" use a forked stick to divine where to dig a well on a farm. I was impressed by his ability to find water, because the well was productive, right where he said to dig it.
Today, people run around with their personal divining wands to find something...ANYTHING... that offends them. And they strike pay-dirt every time.
They're not different from the water-witch. We could have found water ANYWHERE on that farm, just as people wanting to be offended can find what they seek.
The difference today is, we don't take the water-witch seriously any more, but we still listen to the constipated assholes who divine grief where nobody else sees it.
Why doesn't somebody with some conjones tell them to STF UP and get a life?
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