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.
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half Christian? This was on KFI several nights ago.
Is that a 'heaping' or 'level' teaspoon?
Dang, now I got this awful mental picture in my head.
When they mix up the Christian Cookie Dough to cut you out of, they leave out repentance and sanctification, then you have a "half-Christian".
She's half-Goy.
Fercryinoutloud -- Rotoreuters talks like religion is the same as a dog breed.
Is that like half crispy?
That's like being half-pregnant. Either you is or you isn't.
If they were wanting to refer to *ethnicity*, then they should say, "half-Jewish, half-Gentile." "Gentile" does not equal "Christian"; it equals "non-Jew."
Also, it is possible for someone to be 100% Jewish ethnically (a descendant of Jacob) and 100% Christian religiously (a believer in Jesus). Most all the first Christians were. I know people today who are.
It depends on the recipe or, if you don't use recipes, it depends on what your grandmother taught you.
I'm glad somebody around here understands protocol and priorities.
Thank you.
Maybe she's a self-hating sinner?
Oh...........my.................god.............
gotta love a girl who can do that..lol...i could do it but id have to do it in shifts
LOL, my first reaction was to post, "That's like being a little bit pregnant".
I decided to scan replies first.
You just had to do it, didn't you?
You are a rottndog.
What about singing Half-Christmas Carols? ;)
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