Eyerly said she accompanied Cohen through most of the night and that the skater appeared to enjoy the carolers.
"The comical thing is that Sasha wished everyone a Merry Christmas," Eyerly said.
Posted on 12/15/2006 1:36:38 AM PST by chessplayer
"While an Olympic-medal-winning ice skater smiled and listened to Christmas carols, a Riverside city staff member silenced the singing group because she was afraid the skater would be offended because she is Jewish."
"The choir had barely launched into "God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman" when a police officer and Michelle Baldwin, a city special-events employee, approached choir director Staci Della-Rocco and told her to stop the choir's performance."
"Amber Eyerly, with the New York-based PR firm that helped promote the event, said that Cohen didn't make the request."
"I felt so bad for my kids and that whole situation," Della-Rocco said. "I mean, what kind of a lesson was that? A police officer and a city official telling my kids they can't sing Christmas music?"
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Another atheists wanting to stop any signs of christianity in disguise of political correctness!
Cohen had nothing to do with this and was appalled by the actions taken supposedly on her behalf (some boneheaded liberal assumed she would be "offended", without asking her). She said she loves Christmas music, had heard them singing while she was skating and would have had nothing to do with this action.
As long as the Judeo-Christian ethic continues to exist, no one will be able to practice sodomy or abortion free of guilt.
So now the left has gotten the police to enforce political correctness! The police should be doing accident reports and catching criminals, not telling people to stop singing Christmas carols!
The USA is no longer free. It has become a fascist-leftist-controlled police state.
What can you expect from some young skull full of mush named Amber?
I do hope that laws related to these Judeo-Christian ethics will dominate not only in quantity but also on implementation..
Looks like Michelle Baldwin is to blame. Sascha Cohen had nothing to do with this. Stupid Michelle made it seem that we had yet another Jew who hates Christmas
Baldwin did`nt even think she had to talk to Cohen about it. Baldwin just automatically assumed that Cohen would be offended because she is Jewish.
WE HAVE LOST MANY FREEDOMS. WELL, ACTUALLY, WE HAVE SURRENDERED MANY FREEDOMS. THIS IS FURTHER PROOF. It is not the country I knew or grew up in.
"It really should be completely lawful to beat some people with sticks".
Eyerly said she accompanied Cohen through most of the night and that the skater appeared to enjoy the carolers.
"The comical thing is that Sasha wished everyone a Merry Christmas," Eyerly said.
Is that Sasha? Someone should have offered her a sandwich.
Somebody stole her breasts.
Man she could use a little meat on those bones.
But back to the Post. Why is it allright to offend these kids? Why is it allright to offend Christians? It offends me to read this,but thats ok. Its time we stopped worrying about offending everyone and let them go somwehere else if they are offended. Their feet arent bolted down ,they arent forced to be in that spot.Let them move. Hopefully out of the country. We have freedoms here. The Freedom to offensive is one of them.
No wonder she hates Christmas..
What's really bad is that they actually quit singing. I'm telling you... If I was the director I would have just laughed at them and told the group to sing louder.
How about jamming pencils in their ears so not to hear the offensive songs.
Man alive! The skater herself didn't even file a complaint, yet the carolers still had to stop!
That ain't right.
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