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Officials ask for word 'Christmas' to be removed from NH town tradition
FOX25 ^ | Nov 30 2015 | Kathryn Burcham

Posted on 12/01/2015 1:23:54 PM PST by icwhatudo

A New Hampshire veteran is upset after school officials asked him to remove the word "Christmas" from an annual town tradition.

John Fletcher, the commander of the American Legion in Marlborough, New Hampshire, wrote an editorial in the local paper after he said the superintendent barred him from promoting the event to students unless he changed the name of the event.

"I was very upset, I really was," Fletcher said. "If it's not a school sponsored activity, I don't understand why 'Christmas' had to come out of 'Christmas Tree'."

Fletcher, who also raises money to buy gifts for children who attend the event, said a few days after Veterans' Day, Superintendent Robert Malay called him and said Fletcher needed to "revise" a flyer that would be handed out to students.

"He wanted me to change it to say "holiday tree lighting" instead," Fletcher told FOX25. "It's not a holiday tree, it's a Christmas tree. If you want a holiday tree, then do it for Valentine's Day, or Columbus Day, or whatever you want."

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: New Hampshire
KEYWORDS: arth; christmas; johnfletcher; marlborough; newhampshire
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To: 4yearlurker

me too.


21 posted on 12/01/2015 2:04:25 PM PST by JohnnyP
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To: icwhatudo
New Hampshire, too close to the Massholes to avoid the liberal outlook/insanity. No surprise here, move on.
22 posted on 12/01/2015 2:04:38 PM PST by BatGuano (You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
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To: icwhatudo

Heck, I’m going to pay the long distance and call this fool tomorrow.


23 posted on 12/01/2015 2:13:03 PM PST by Bulwyf
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To: icwhatudo

Lets look at that good old, highly reliable friend of ours Mr. Unintended Consequences.

Superintendent Robert Malay overreaches his minuscule to nonexistent yet self perceived authority to demand someone not exercise their First Amendment rights.

The result being a local television station does a full two minutes in the prime-time news slot with an interview of the Santa volunteer, thus insuring the entire City of Boston knows all the slimy details of Superintendent Robert Malays creepy adherence to a liberal agenda.

Additional there is now a twitter campaign (the very medium used by the school students themselves!) just in case there is anyone left in the State that does not know what Superintendent Robert Malay did.

Can anyone guess just how POed most of Boston is at Superintendent Robert Malay right about now?

Can anyone guess what the most popular and well attended CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING will be this year?

Ahhh, the sweet fragrance of a fresh CHRISTMAS TREE, it smells like...

Unintended Consequences.

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24 posted on 12/01/2015 2:33:15 PM PST by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: icwhatudo

The “educator” is an ass.


25 posted on 12/01/2015 2:59:50 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: TLI

The vet was on FOX this morning, so the story has gone national.


26 posted on 12/01/2015 3:46:23 PM PST by Betty Jane
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To: metmom; Tired of Taxes; wintertime

Public school officials are demanding this. Another reason, right?


27 posted on 12/01/2015 4:03:03 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (The barbarians are inside because there are no gaits)
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To: wagglebee

Does this fall under the Moral Absolutes category?


28 posted on 12/01/2015 4:03:34 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (The barbarians are inside because there are no gaits)
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To: Jim Robinson; fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; Impy; GOPsterinMA; randita; Sun; NFHale; ...

Militant secularists are the most self-righteous, intolerant people around.


29 posted on 12/01/2015 4:05:19 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (The barbarians are inside because there are no gaits)
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To: tuffydoodle

From the looks of the sumbitch, he hopes for that very action.


30 posted on 12/01/2015 4:20:37 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

YES!


31 posted on 12/01/2015 4:21:13 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Clintonfatigued
It is another reason to begin abolishing government K-12 schooling.

It is impossible for any school to be religiously, culturally, or political neutral. No matter what the government schools do it will be forcing the worldview of the most politically powerful onto captive children and forcing the citizen taxpayer to pay for it.

32 posted on 12/01/2015 4:51:19 PM PST by wintertime (Stop treating government teachers like they are reincarnated Mother Teresas!)
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To: icwhatudo

Atheists are the children of Marx, and the enemies of America.


33 posted on 12/01/2015 5:06:56 PM PST by GenXteacher (You have chosen dishonor to avoid war; you shall have war also.)
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To: Clintonfatigued; 2Jedismom; 6amgelsmama; AAABEST; aberaussie; AccountantMom; Aggie Mama; agrace; ...

ANOTHER REASON TO HOMESCHOOL

This ping list is for the “other” articles of interest to homeschoolers about education and public school. This can occasionally be a fairly high volume list. Articles pinged to the Another Reason to Homeschool List will be given the keyword of ARTH. (If I remember. If I forget, please feel free to add it yourself)

The main Homeschool Ping List handles the homeschool-specific articles. I hold both the Homeschool Ping List and the Another Reason to Homeschool Ping list. Please freepmail me to let me know if you would like to be added to or removed from either list, or both.

34 posted on 12/01/2015 6:21:57 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Clintonfatigued; Jim Robinson; fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; Impy; GOPsterinMA; randita; Sun

Maybe it’s time for the NH people to remove the officials from office.


35 posted on 12/01/2015 6:45:30 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Clintonfatigued; Jim Robinson; fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; Impy; GOPsterinMA; randita; Sun

What I will never understand is why ANYONE who calls himself/herself AMERICAN just goes along with what these assclowns dictate.

If they say sit down, stand back up.

If they say be quiet, get loud and and in their face.

If they say “No”, give them the middle finger in their face and do it anyway.

It’s time to stop being polite to people who want to erase us and our traditions.

Seriously.


36 posted on 12/01/2015 6:47:39 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: NFHale; Clintonfatigued; GOPsterinMA; fieldmarshaldj

http://www.blogthings.com/whatsyourholidayelementquiz/

Saw this posted in a FR Canteen thread

I don’t want to befoul a feel good thread like that so I’ll post this screed here

My CHRISTMAS element is the BILE rising in my throat.

My KWAANSA element is the urine of BLM protesters, flowing down their legs as they get tazed by “the man”.

My RAMADAN element is the blood of terrorists, covering that stupid black rock in Mecca until it’s permanently stained red.


37 posted on 12/01/2015 10:52:08 PM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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To: NFHale

“Maybe it’s time for the NH people to remove the officials from office.”

Many people are just uninformed, which is why I tell uninformed people, who have my ideology, what the various candidates stand for. It’s surprising how many people don’t know which politician represents their beliefs.


38 posted on 12/01/2015 11:23:24 PM PST by Sun (Pray that God sends us good leaders. Please say a prayer now.)
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To: Impy; NFHale; Clintonfatigued; stephenjohnbanker; fieldmarshaldj

YES!!! YES!!!


39 posted on 12/02/2015 7:32:59 AM PST by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: Impy; NFHale; Clintonfatigued; GOPsterinMA; fieldmarshaldj

“My KWAANSA element is the urine of BLM protesters, flowing down their legs as they get tazed by “the man”.”

This is my favorite of the three.


40 posted on 12/02/2015 7:34:50 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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