Amen.
And I just don't want angst to be one of my Christmas traditions.
The fact that we have this angst over a decorated tree in a school, and the front of our religious freedom war is focused on what songs a elementary school choir sings or what words we are greeted with in a store, we ~should~ stop and realize just exactly how free and spoiled we are. In a world where real religious oppression exists, where people are persecuted and ~killed~ for their religion, when all we have to fear is an open and free debate about silly things like Christmas trees in the town square, life is good :~D
And everyone should be free to place their symbols in public without fear of lawsuits! Heck, the pagans could even light up a giant Yule Log in the Town Common! Come one, come all!
This article makes no sense at all. Furthermore, I am a little sick of non-Christians who see "Christians" fighting for a little respect as right-wing or conservative. We all know that the MSM sees any Christian who actually believes and "God forbid", follow their faith as conservative and right-wing. What utter garbage.
I don't hear Christians complaining about Menorahs or other non-Christian symbols during the season. I also see no problems with stores extolling the virtues of "Christmas in August" when they want to advertise a summer sale.
Maybe this will work. Let's rename dreidels to "Holiday Tops", and Menorah's Holiday Candleabras, nor can any of them have Hebrew letters on them. In the meantime, I will continue to have my own Christmas parties and anyone who is offended by that, will be encouraged not to attend. I don't want these pathetic, miserable people bringing my party down!
The stores that find my faith and the name of the holiday I will be celebrating on December 25th offensive, will not receive one dime from me. I guess I won't be shopping at Target and Wal-Mart this year. I wasn't planning on it anyway.