Posted on 12/14/2005 3:10:02 AM PST by Aussie Dasher
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- 'Tis the season to fight folly. Troops are massed on the ground floor of a nondescript, green-glassed building that's become ground zero for an annual campaign to defend Christmas.
The "soldiers" lined up for the fight are 832 lawyers ready to charge any municipality or public school that dares excise the mention or observance of the world's most widely celebrated holiday.
A framed poster near the entrance asks: "Have you ever experienced discrimination because you are a Christian?" It hints at the philosophical bent of the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), a Christian legal group based here.
The phones are busy in Scottsdale. The first week of December alone brought in 159 calls from around the country for legal advice on everything from protecting creches at city hall to what to do when a school in Wisconsin changes the first line of "Silent Night" to "Cold in the night, no one in sight."
The ADF is not alone. The Rev. Jerry Falwell recently started a "Friend or Foe Christmas campaign," offering the free services of 700 lawyers with the Liberty Counsel of Orlando, Fla., ready to file suit over any holiday infringements
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I suppose sueing is better than lynching ACLU liars, but not quite as satisfying.
Christmas....the holy day that dares not speak its name
Thanks for this article. We have to keep after them. We mustn't lose any more ground.
What's equally sad is that lawyers are being compared to soldiers. It's lame when athletes are compared to soldiers... even more lame for guys is suits raking in big cash by filing paperwork.
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