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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The French?
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Saves half her earnings - invests the other half.
That's a Score! for me.
The city should stop the special-events employee from working for them!
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I don't know. It could be that the poor guy was just afraid of a PC attack and is not a Christmas hater.
Made ya think, no?
You're probably right, that makes sense.she considers herself both and thinks in terms as both..
My guess she considers herself neither, but it's not really an issue.
LOL
nope :)
Not really :)
LOL
I thought Sasha Cohen was Borat...,
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I don't follow skating, so I thought the same thing. That's why the headline was not making sense to me. Oh, well....
LOL
Just checked Wikipedia, she's 5'2", but no matter, still shorter than I am :)
She is 5'2"
Thank you Mike...from a Penn Stater and a FL resident, You guys go take care of business in AZ. I want a drubbing of the Gators!
We'll handle the Vols (The message board idiots from TN seem to think our defense is suspect)....methinks Paul P. will change that perception rather quickly.
Olympic skater AND Borat? Is there ANYTHING this guy cannot do?
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LOL! Thanks; I needed that.
I know, I know, I didn't read far enough before opening my big mouth.
At least it's not the "72 Virgins" version of HT....
That's no Borat.
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