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Xmas trees removed from Sea-Tac Airport [Scrooge barf alert]
KING 5 News ^
| 12/09/06
| KIM HOLCOMB
Posted on 12/09/2006 7:45:53 PM PST by XR7
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To: XR7
A local rabbi wanted to install an 8-foot menorah and have a public lighting ceremony. He threatened to sue if the menorah wasn’t put up, and gave a two-day deadline to remove the trees. Anybody have the name of the "rabbi" and the denomination he represents?
Chabad has been putting up public menorahs for years, and they have never sued to remove any Christmas decorations. They have, in fact, been threatened and harrassed many times by ACLU and the liberal Jewish denominations for their public menorahs.
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posted on
12/09/2006 8:08:59 PM PST
by
Alouette
(Psalms of the Day: 88-89)
To: XR7
Will they have a giant slave in chains to celebrate Kwanzaa?
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posted on
12/09/2006 8:11:08 PM PST
by
nwrep
To: XR7
Heh. So Scrooge might be deified, then the pantheon of the season will be more complete.
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posted on
12/09/2006 8:16:08 PM PST
by
familyop
("G-d is on our side because he hates the Yanks." --Saint Tuco, in the "Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"))
To: 1st-P-In-The-Pod; A_Conservative_in_Cambridge; af_vet_rr; agrace; albyjimc2; Alexander Rubin; ...
Geez is IS Chabad. He insisted on displaying the menorah. Sea-Tac decided to remove the trees in order to refuse to display the menorah.
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posted on
12/09/2006 8:16:16 PM PST
by
Alouette
(Psalms of the Day: 88-89)
To: Alouette
The Rabbi's name, address and phone number is all included in the previous thread (about 50 back).
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posted on
12/09/2006 8:17:33 PM PST
by
BW2221
To: XR7
Scrooge could be like...Satan, ya know?
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posted on
12/09/2006 8:17:50 PM PST
by
familyop
("G-d is on our side because he hates the Yanks." --Saint Tuco, in the "Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"))
To: BW2221
I think it is shameful that a Chabad rabbi has had such a disgusting public temper tantrum. Chabad has put up public menorahs around the country for many years and has never threatened any Christmas displays.
It looks like Sea-Tac made the decision to remove the trees in order not to display the menorah.
It was bad form for the rabbi to threaten lawyers, and by doing so he has negated decades of good work by this fine organization.
I would like to hear Medved interview this guy.
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posted on
12/09/2006 8:25:56 PM PST
by
Alouette
(Psalms of the Day: 88-89)
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To: XR7
Not shocking. Anti-Christmas bigotry is common here in NY too.
To: Alouette
I wonder if his congregation is aware that he is using donations to hire lawyers to threaten litigation?
To: XR7
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posted on
12/09/2006 8:34:22 PM PST
by
familyop
("G-d is on our side because he hates the Yanks." --Saint Tuco, in the "Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"))
To: XR7
Terri-Ann Betancourt
Remember that name.
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posted on
12/09/2006 8:41:41 PM PST
by
Redbob
To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
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posted on
12/09/2006 8:50:47 PM PST
by
Proud_USA_Republican
(We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
To: garjog
I agree. Leave the trees and if someone wants to add a Menorah, fine.
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posted on
12/09/2006 9:00:24 PM PST
by
keats5
(tolerance of intolerant people is cultural suicide)
To: Alouette
This is truly disgusting action!!! Not one Christian complains about Menorahs.....and Jewish people wonder why anti-semitism is on the rise.....geesh. Bad things happen when good people let them. If Jews don't speak up against this it's just like the poem..."first they came for the communists but I did nothing because I wasn't a communist"...
To: keats5
Sorry, but the rabbi has no business INSISTING they put up a menorrah....how about ASKING rabbi.
To: Alouette
INCREDIBLE!!!!!!! Just incredible. WTH is going on anymore. This "rabbi" is another of many who bring disgrace to this wonderful time of year.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!
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posted on
12/09/2006 9:13:21 PM PST
by
cleveland gop
(OHIO STATE/FLORIDA----Another National Championship for Jim Tressel in only 30 days!!!)
To: jdm
Whats this Rabbi going to have to say about that I wonder? If his panties got in an uproar over Xmas trees and he was threatening to sue what will he have to say about Muslim prayer rooms?
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posted on
12/09/2006 9:18:52 PM PST
by
pandoraou812
( zero tolerance and dilligaf?)
To: Dog Gone
A 'rabbi' I know of is an agnostic who does not believe in YHWH but gladly avails himself of the trappings and benefits of his position for selfish temporal gain. Of the same ilk as this rabbi, most likely, just less publicly a tool....
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posted on
12/09/2006 9:19:55 PM PST
by
The Spirit Of Allegiance
(Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
To: XR7
Terri-Ann Betancourt This woman has two first names, and only one last name? The author must have gotten her name backward.
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posted on
12/09/2006 9:21:59 PM PST
by
Bernard
("Talking is better than shooting" - Tommy Franks. What have you got to say?)
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