To: WashingtonSource
I wouldn't have thought this was a problem at all. I believed retail stores fully and outright support Christmas to earn a lot more publicity and money.
But the Grinch List is nothing I'd full support, actually I'd embrace it, seem as how people don't have to sport the Christian faith if they don't have to. I celebrate Christmas, so what if my neighbour doesn't? I'm not going to jam it down his throat... that's unethical and unconstitutional.
To: asphyxiatrilogies
I celebrate Christmas, so what if my neighbour doesn't? I'm not going to jam it down his throat... that's unethical and unconstitutional.I don't see anyone advocating a state-sponsored religion, and as I understand it, we don't have a constitutional right never to be confronted with objects of another person's faith. What people are asking for is for retail establishments to give Christians the same consideration they give Jewish people and Muslims, and not try to push them into a closet.
34 posted on
12/11/2003 5:35:51 PM PST by
DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
(Martin wants me to change my tagline, and I do everything Martin says.)
To: asphyxiatrilogies
"I celebrate Christmas, so what if my neighbour doesn't? I'm not going to jam it down his throat... that's unethical and unconstitutional."
Judging by your spelling of "neighbour", assume you're not American. Whether you are or not, you are unfamiliar with the Constitution. It only prohibits establishment of a national religion, and celebrating Christmas does not do that. In a country blatantly founded on Christian principles by Christians, it isn't unreasonable to expect to see a healthy respect for CHRISTmas here. That does not "jam it down" anybody's throat. My "neighbour" can ignore it, the same way I ignore celebrations that I disagree with. This is America. Freedom OF religion, not freedom FROM religion.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson