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Olympic Skater Sasha Cohen 'Stunned' by X-Mas Flap
Reuters ^ | 12/14/06 | Dan Whitcomb

Posted on 12/15/2006 12:07:41 PM PST by meg88

By Dan Whitcomb | December 14, 2006

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Olympic figure skater Sasha Cohen was "stunned" to learn that a U.S. high school choir had been ordered to stop singing Christmas carols at a holiday show because she is half-Jewish, her mother said on Thursday.

Article Tools Printer friendly E-mail to a friend Other sports RSS feed Available RSS feeds Most e-mailed Share on Facebook Save this article powered by Del.icio.us More: Sports section | Latest sports news | Globe front page | Boston.com Sign up for: Globe Headlines e-mail | Breaking News Alerts A city official accompanied by a police officer caused a stir by silencing the carols on Tuesday night as Cohen signed autographs after a performance in Riverside, California.

Riverside Mayor Ron Loveridge has since apologized to the student choir, the Rubidoux High School Madrigals.

To some, the incident appeared an example of excessive political correctness in the United States over the celebration of Christmas -- which some conservative commentators have characterized as a "war on Christmas.'

Cohen, who is half-Christian and "celebrates everything" during the holidays, learned only through news reports that the choir had been cut off on her account, the 22-year-old skater's mother and manager said.

"Sasha was stunned. We both thought the voices were just lovely, they were doing such a wonderful job," Galina Cohen told Reuters. "Christmas carols are part of celebrating the holiday season."

The Riverside Press-Enterprise newspaper reported that the Madrigals had just launched into "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" when a city special-events employee told them to stop singing.

Cohen's mother said the 2006 Olympic silver medalist and U.S. National Champion had taken part in Christmas tree lighting ceremonies at New York's Rockefeller Center and in California.

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


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To: mountn man
Christianity is like pregnancy. You either are or not. There is no little bit. Or in this case half.

Like Jesus?

181 posted on 12/15/2006 3:30:30 PM PST by Bommer (If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?)
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To: F-117A
The city should stop the special-events employee from working for them!
I know that reporting has been incompetent for the last couple of decades, but this one is clear enough!

A city official accompanied by a police officer caused a stir by silencing the carols on Tuesday night as Cohen signed autographs after a performance in Riverside, California.

What always makes me see red is that the names of these public bureaucrats paragons of judgement are never given in the story.
Is he/she a lawyer? Gay? what?

182 posted on 12/15/2006 4:22:49 PM PST by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: Publius6961

See post #120


183 posted on 12/15/2006 4:35:56 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (A planned society is most appealing to those with the arrogance to think they will be the planners)
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To: Bommer
Like Jesus?

Not sure what your question is.

184 posted on 12/15/2006 6:15:04 PM PST by mountn man (The pleasure you get from life, is equal to the attitude you put into it.)
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To: fnord

Thanks for making that a clickable link....I've been to FReep's HTML Sandbox a zillion times, but I'm still stymied.....I'm too old - sigh.


185 posted on 12/15/2006 6:18:40 PM PST by ErnBatavia (recent nightmare: Googled up "Helen Thomas nude"....)
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To: Paleo Conservative; dfwgator; TommyDale; MikefromOhio; wastedyears
That was Maria in the sand in # 147 too, by the way.

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186 posted on 12/16/2006 1:22:05 AM PST by beyond the sea ( All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.)
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To: Paleo Conservative; dfwgator; TommyDale; MikefromOhio; wastedyears

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187 posted on 12/16/2006 1:32:40 AM PST by beyond the sea ( All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.)
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To: beyond the sea

All 183 centimeters of her.


188 posted on 12/16/2006 1:53:07 AM PST by Paleo Conservative (Karl Rove isn't magnificent.)
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To: Paleo Conservative

Did you see #187? Beautiful!!!


189 posted on 12/16/2006 1:55:08 AM PST by beyond the sea ( All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.)
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To: meg88
I'm half Jewish too but Cohen is only a Jew if her mother is Jewish. If not, then her name means nothing.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

190 posted on 12/16/2006 1:57:14 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: pgkdan
If you have an interreligious family, there is a temptation to teach a child both faiths. But the religious belief systems are incompatible. In the long term, such a marriage contains the seeds of its own demise.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

191 posted on 12/16/2006 1:59:21 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop

I think that's silly. I realize that's the tradition, and "officially" if you're mama ain't Jewish, you ain't Jewish. But I say, if you daddy or you granddaddy wuz Jewish, in your heart you are too.


192 posted on 12/16/2006 6:51:48 PM PST by ichabod1 (After the attacks of 9/11, profiling Muslims is more like profiling the Klan.)
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To: wireman

Non disputandum gustibus.


193 posted on 12/18/2006 9:05:09 AM PST by RonF
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To: r9etb
Fercryinoutloud -- Rotoreuters talks like religion is the same as a dog breed.

Dogs have the Cockapoo and people now have the Christajew.

194 posted on 12/20/2006 11:42:26 PM PST by beaversmom
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To: meg88

Borat on Ice!


195 posted on 12/20/2006 11:44:21 PM PST by durasell (!)
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