Posted on 12/11/2006 6:37:44 PM PST by kellynla
Just pointing out that this was not a custom in this country for "hundreds of years," and that many Christians opposed trees as secular when the custom spread from German immigrants.
Where did I knock the Constitution? It's the only thing preventing true believers from voting a theocracy into place.
Please tell me you realize that "holiday" is a contraction for "holy day".
Yeah I realize the meaning of holiday. The word has been reduced to meaning a paid day off from work. Christmas still means the day of Christs' birth though. When this story first broke the trees were referred to as holiday trees, not Christmas trees. When they were replaced they were called Christmas trees. This story is more about beurocrats trying to avoid religion than anything else
Earth to tcrlaf...
Congrats. You got it as it was.The trees that were removed were secular trees. The Menorrah would have been a religious symbol. Can't have that. Don't know about the Rabbi's affiliations, but he was right on this one. Could the aclu(lower case intentional)be right for once?
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