Posted on 10/19/2012 7:00:47 AM PDT by marshmallow
Ironic that nowadays Egypt is the place you run from, not to.
A cynic would conclude the Post Office, under huge financial stress, took the expedient route to revenue: tap into the guns and bible crowd and sell more stamps.
But, but, but .... this is a violation of the separation of Church and State!
I'm ordering a lifetime supply of these before they are confiscated by Big Bro.
That’s what I was thinking
The Holy family fleeing Egypt with a burning Copt Christian church behind them would be appropriate for these times
Was going to post it above but the link in the original article kept timing out so I gave up.
Uh oh. Why is “FOREVER” crossed out in the image of the stamp?
just in time to try to make BHusseinO look a little bit Christian?
re: just in time to try to make BHusseinO look a little bit Christian?
Not at all. It it the annual religious Christmas stamp.
Yes, we have been waiting for the Christmas stamp.
Thanks,
Sounds like a Knights of Columbus campaign.
I'm calling the ACLU just to be safe. /s
That is just beautiful. I like it better than the
previous last few. I hope that they made it big. I always feel cheated with their Christmas stamps in that they make them so small that you cannot appreciate the detail.
I have a friend in Hawaii whose family always buys enough Christmas stamps to last the whole year. They use them on all their mail in tribute to the Holy Family. I think that’s a nice tradition. With the postal service in dire straights, I think it would behoove all of us to buy a year’s worth of stamps as our Chhristmas gift to the men and womein who deliver our mail.
That’s really a beautiful stamp, but I can’t help thinking this administration permits it only so they will be allowed to produce more EID stamps.
Ahaa soo ... I never noticed that before.
BFL. Awesome pic
That was my first thought too. regardless of how “unconstitutional” they may find this.
Haha your fears are NOT without merit FRiend! I must admit I was a bit shocked when I read the headline, especially with the recent news from that Texas high school sued for “separation” of church and state because they had the “nerve” to use Bible verses as motivation for their football team.
However if I remember my “social studies” correctly (and I trust a fellow FReeper will correct me on this if I’m wrong) the Post Office isn’t technically a branch of the Federal govt. It’s original inception was when it was decided a private enterprise that had gained a monopoly on the mail delivery business was given an exception to “anti-trust” and allowed to operate as a monopoly, for the “good of the people.
Kind of like Amtrak and your local utility companies.
So if some rabid atheist were to compain, they*could* say its a private business, not the govt “endorsing” religion.
I could be wrong. I’ve been wrong about a lot these days.
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