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Southwestern Oklahoma State University Bans the Word 'Christmas'
Christian Newswire ^ | December 20, 2007

Posted on 12/20/2007 5:29:16 PM PST by Clintonfatigued

Weatherford, OK – Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU), has issued a disturbing policy which requires all employees to refrain from using the word "Christmas" in oral or written form. This directive was given by the university upon legal advice of the Oklahoma Attorney General, W.A. Drew Edmondson. Liberty Counsel sent a demand letter to SWOSU following a complaint from a university affiliate.

John Misak, the Director of Human Resources, recently visited various university departments and employee groups and informed everyone that any decorations featuring the word "Christmas" in any work or public areas of the university must be immediately removed. He also instructed everyone to discontinue the use of the term "Christmas" in their speech while on the job. This censorship specifically includes exchanging greetings of "Merry Christmas" among employees or with nonemployees, whether initiated by a nonuniversity employee or not. Christmas remains a legal holiday for state employees, including those at SWOSU. The directive does not include any other legal holidays such as Thanksgiving or New Year’s.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: academia; antichristmas; christmas; culturewar; highereducation; islamofascism; moralabsolutes; politicalcorrectness; publikskoolz; speechcodes; waronchristmas; waronchristmas2007
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1 posted on 12/20/2007 5:29:17 PM PST by Clintonfatigued
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2 posted on 12/20/2007 5:30:03 PM PST by narses (...the spirit of Trent is abroad once more.)
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To: Clintonfatigued
The directive does not include any other legal holidays such as Thanksgiving or New Year’s.

Or Ramadan?

3 posted on 12/20/2007 5:30:26 PM PST by Jeff Chandler ("Liberals want to save the world for the children they aren't having." -Mark Steyn)
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I never would have expected this in Oklahoma.


4 posted on 12/20/2007 5:30:50 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (You can't be serious about national security unless you're serious about border security)
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5 posted on 12/20/2007 5:31:46 PM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: Clintonfatigued

More info here

http://lc.org/index.cfm?PID=14102&AlertID=786


6 posted on 12/20/2007 5:32:06 PM PST by SeaHawkFan
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To: Clintonfatigued

It may be getting time for a insurrection. The worthless vermin who sue these places and the spineless morons who go along with this PC crap need to find another country to live in


7 posted on 12/20/2007 5:32:20 PM PST by pissant (Duncan Hunter: Warrior, Statesman, Conservative)
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Actually, we should go after (through boycotts) those who fund those organizations.


8 posted on 12/20/2007 5:33:19 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (You can't be serious about national security unless you're serious about border security)
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To: Clintonfatigued

I’d much prefer tar and feathering and deportation.


9 posted on 12/20/2007 5:34:29 PM PST by pissant (Duncan Hunter: Warrior, Statesman, Conservative)
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To: Clintonfatigued
I can just hear an attempt at prayer from these dolts....

"Oh Great Over-Arching Legal Authority....

Grant us Thy Peace.......if You're There"

10 posted on 12/20/2007 5:35:50 PM PST by stboz
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To: pissant

Is the pot beginning to boil,,,?


11 posted on 12/20/2007 5:36:21 PM PST by silentreignofheroes (I'm Southron,,,and I Vote...)
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To: Clintonfatigued

I would start by printing up about a bajillion cards that say MERRY CHRISTMAS and paste them all over the friggan place.

Then I’d spray paint it on every gull dang lawn on campus I could find.

I’d be tempted to catch the bums who issued this and paint it on their person also.


12 posted on 12/20/2007 5:43:02 PM PST by crz
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To: Clintonfatigued

Time for a massive mailing of Christmas cards to the Director of Human Resources!


13 posted on 12/20/2007 5:44:19 PM PST by Exit148 (Founder of the Loose Change Club. Every nickle and dime counts!!)
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To: Clintonfatigued

I’m not sure of the validity of this. I called their office today and was wished a Merry Christmas after venting for about a minute.

The secretary informed me this was only a rumor. I can not confirm or deny. I do know they were super nice and the person I talked with had no “issue” with the words Merry Christmas.


14 posted on 12/20/2007 5:46:50 PM PST by Chuck54 (Go ahead, vote for the Huckster and help elect the Democrat!!!)
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To: Clintonfatigued
I never would have expected this in Oklahoma.

Except when you consider that Atta & Co. and that converted wacko who was going to blow up the stadium attended and/or had close connections to OU.

15 posted on 12/20/2007 5:46:58 PM PST by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: Clintonfatigued

WTH is going on in my state!

http://www.koco.com/news/14898668/detail.html


16 posted on 12/20/2007 5:53:45 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping that it will eat him last..)
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To: Clintonfatigued

When will America wake up to the fact there is an all-out assault on Christianity here? There is not a faith in America that is so villified as Christianity. And, you know what? We allow it to happen! We don’t bat an eye! Unless we take a stand, and fight this insidious attack on our beliefs, we will “reap the whirlwind.”


17 posted on 12/20/2007 5:55:31 PM PST by ought-six ("Give me liberty, or give me death!")
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To: Clintonfatigued
They're a bit behind the curve - this is the year the sheeple have finally stood up and roared and the ACLU gave up their suits because they lost them all due to the fact the Supreme Court Law says Christmas is legal on public property - the the 'separation' clause, as we knew anyway, is to protect religion from gov't , not the other way 'round.

The only reason the ACLU and cohorts were successful was by intimidation = little towns didn't want to incur legal fees by fighting them.

However, those that did - WON.

Someone needs to give the powers that be in this case a heads up = a legal heads up and everyone needs to threaten to sue if their legal right to display and say Christmas are interfered with .

Time to goose that gander

18 posted on 12/20/2007 5:57:57 PM PST by maine-iac7 (",,,but you can't fool all of the people all the time" LINCOLN)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Merry Christmas, Southwestern Oklahoma State University.


19 posted on 12/20/2007 5:58:09 PM PST by wastedyears ("I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery." - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Clintonfatigued
If this is true it is probably good news. Drew Edmondson comes from a powerful political family among Dem’s. He is likely very ambitious. Oklahoma is very Christian. If this is true he likely just p___ed his career away and another one bites the dust. This is why frankly I will bet this is not true.
20 posted on 12/20/2007 5:58:20 PM PST by bilhosty
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