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Whoopi Goldberg: Right to Celebrate Christmas is the Same as a “Woman’s Right” to Abortion
Life News ^ | December 14, 2016 | Katie Yoder

Posted on 12/14/2016 6:48:32 PM PST by Morgana

Leave it to ABC’s The View to connect Christmas – the celebration of the world’s most important birth – to abortion. But that it did. According to Whoopi Goldberg, the right to publicly celebrate Christmas is the same as a “woman’s right to choose.”

During The View on Dec. 13, Goldberg brought up a story from Texas where a “public school teacher was forced to remove a display, a – a Christmas display of Linus,” based off of the Peanuts film A Charlie Brown Christmas. That display, she added, included a Biblical quote from the cartoon movie reading, “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a savior, which is Christ the Lord. That’s what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown.’”

Co-host Joy Behar defended the school district’s decision.

“There are many quotes from the cartoon,” Behar argued. “They picked one that was particularly provocative.”

But another co-host, Jedediah Bila, defended the teacher by asking, “Why do people have to get offended by everything?” She continued:

I was raised Catholic for years. If I see a menorah, I say, ‘Oh that’s great, someone’s – someone’s expressing themselves and what they love and what they’re passionate about.’ If – an atheist is entitled to not believe in anything. It doesn’t offend me, though, and I think there’s something wrong culturally if we jump to be offended by everything.

Goldberg also defended the public Christmas display. “Let’s keep in mind, it is Christmas,” she began. “It is Christmas.” And, she said, Christmas has no chance of disappearing anytime soon.

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“Now, what people get crazy about, ‘cause nobody is trying to get rid of Christmas,” she added. “You can’t. Christmas is what it is. This is when it happens. It’s always – there’s Christmas trees – always going to happen.”

To clarify the school’s decision, co-host Sunny Hostin tried to cite Texas law.

“The law in that state says ‘a display relating to a traditional winter celebration may not include a message that encourages adherence to a particular religious belief,’” she began. But Goldberg interrupted that certain times are more appropriate to celebrate certain holidays.

“It’s ridiculous – no, no, but they don’t all fall at the same time. Christmas falls at this time, this is when you do it. If Hanukkah and Christmas are a weekend within, then you put them together,” she began. “But you cannot pretend that Christmas doesn’t start with the birth of Christ.”

She continued:

I’m not a religious person, okay? I’m not a religious person. But I do know that Christmas starts with the word ‘Christ.’ It’s about the birth of Christ. So you can’t – you can’t erase that. And if you don’t believe in it, if you don’t believe in it, then you got Santa Claus.

Behar sought middle ground by saying that even though she’s a “very big Christmas fan” she still agreed “separation of church and state must be adhered to in a public school.”

Goldberg disagreed again – this time by bringing up (the completely unrelated topic of) abortion:

But it’s the same conversation with a woman’s right to choose. What I do with my body is my right. It is not your right to tell me. The same thing is it’s – if you believe in Christmas, it’s not my right – you know, I grew up and – and, you know, kids who didn’t go to Catholic school had Christmas and they – we never knew what their religions were, but we hung cause it was Christmas holiday.

Abortion is a topic her show routinely obsesses over. In the past, the View crew has called former presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson “pathetic” for speaking out against abortion and slammed actor Kelsey Grammer for wearing a pro-life T-shirt. Goldberg has also declared that abortion is legal because people are tired of “hanger” and “Clorox” abortions and insisted that there was “nothing” in the Bible about abortion.


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: abortion; prolife; theview; view; whoopi
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1 posted on 12/14/2016 6:48:32 PM PST by Morgana
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To: Morgana

I wish to hell someone would abort Hoppee! That idiot needs to just go away.


2 posted on 12/14/2016 6:49:36 PM PST by MagUSNRET
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To: MagUSNRET

What??????

That is one lost woman.....


3 posted on 12/14/2016 6:50:41 PM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: Morgana

a baby is not your body. Nobody is banning tattoos and body piercings


4 posted on 12/14/2016 6:51:00 PM PST by ari-freedom (Chicken Little Concerned for Trump people are almost as annoying as NeverTrumpers!)
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To: Morgana

Whoopi (not her real name) brags that she has had 6 or 7 abortions,she’s said that it is a VERY serious decision and that she’s forgotten just how many times she killed her kids.


5 posted on 12/14/2016 6:51:41 PM PST by a fool in paradise (The COM-Left is saddened by the death of the Communist dictator Fidel Castro. No surprise there.)
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To: Morgana

I swear these people are just plain nuts.


6 posted on 12/14/2016 6:51:55 PM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: Morgana

The View needs to be aborted.


7 posted on 12/14/2016 6:52:36 PM PST by CMailBag
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To: Morgana

She is correct, worship of the god molech is freedom of religion, and whoopie is a very religious worshiper of that god


8 posted on 12/14/2016 6:52:45 PM PST by realcleanguy
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To: Morgana

Someone should just use their right to punch Whoopie right in the mouth. She’s been spewing her garbage way too long.


9 posted on 12/14/2016 6:52:47 PM PST by Bullish
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To: a fool in paradise

Killing kids is the same as celebrating Christmas. Only in a sick person’s mind it is.


10 posted on 12/14/2016 6:52:56 PM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: Morgana

...and my right to hold slaves


11 posted on 12/14/2016 6:53:28 PM PST by PGR88
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To: manc

She is nuts but she’s perfectly at home on The View/freak show.


12 posted on 12/14/2016 6:54:05 PM PST by henkster
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To: Morgana

I never watched that bitch. She was arrogant and WAY over rated but now we have Trump to stomp her jack ass in the dirt. What kind of name is woohpie?


13 posted on 12/14/2016 6:55:02 PM PST by WENDLE (Merry CHRISTx.)
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To: Morgana

again, another example why evil must be destroyed. if not it starts calling itself good while actually trying to destroy good.


14 posted on 12/14/2016 6:56:54 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: henkster

My MA Mother in Law was at my house last year and she had that show on.
I could not believe how stupid it was, and how people could watch utter crap.


15 posted on 12/14/2016 6:58:28 PM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: Morgana

Do you think Ted Danson left the black face on when he did her.


16 posted on 12/14/2016 6:58:42 PM PST by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: Morgana
From the same dyslexic woman who once said: I wish my mom had had an abortion.” This dolt with a brick for a brain exhibits a special kind of stupidity, unknown to humanity until today.
17 posted on 12/14/2016 6:59:04 PM PST by Fungi (Having my fungus and eating it too.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Nope fake news she never had any abortions who would have ever boinked her no one


18 posted on 12/14/2016 7:02:51 PM PST by al baby (Hi Mom Its a Joke friends)
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To: WENDLE

She is named after that novelty cushion


19 posted on 12/14/2016 7:04:16 PM PST by al baby (Hi Mom Its a Joke friends)
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To: Morgana

The LORD grant Whoopi repentance and faith before it’s too late. Amen.


20 posted on 12/14/2016 7:04:19 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew (Lock. Them. Up.)
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