War Games

The Truth: War on Christmas: As reported in USA Today in December of 2005: Last December, a group called Public Advocate for the United States (which claims to defend America’s traditional family values) sent some Christmas carolers over to sing in front of the ACLU offices in Washington.

Carrying signs reading “Merry Christmas” and “Please Don’t Sue Us!”

• In Saginaw, Michigan it was alleged that Township schools opposed red and green clothes and prohibit singing Christmas songs. 26

The policy allows private citizens to erect holiday displays. 26

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Lying, by omission, is still lying.

Secular Legislation:

There are numerous examples of the ACLU defending Christian Americans and their right to express their faith in the public square.

1. The ACLU has helped a New Jersey student’s right to sing “Awesome God” in a voluntary after school program. 6
2. In Louisiana the ACLU filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Christian man who was protesting Wal-Mart based on his religious beliefs. 6

The ACLU argued that the ban violates the religious freedom guaranteed to Mr. Spratt under federal law. 6

The alleged war on Christmas is what generates ratings – the truth, apparently, does not. Traditional Values?

The Religious Right has been very affective in their campaign of terror.

Look at how the Religious Right entertains their children with the new computer game “LEFT BEHIND: Eternal Forces”. 29 This game is a perfect example of the hypocrisy that these Religious Right groups preach.

There most certainly is not a war on Christmas, much less religion.

Inversely, there is definitely a great and vast conspiracy by the Religious Right to gain control of the United States and its government, to pass laws that reflect their values, and to revoke rights that our Constitution currently protects.

There are those that would argue, “80% of America is Christian; the majority rules.” If you fear that religion is falling in numbers in America like they did in Europe then stop the Religious Right’s zealous venture towards theocracy in the United States.

The reason religion has failed in Europe is solely because they have or had state-sponsored and state-funded religion. There is absolutely no way our tiny little minority can harm Christianity or kill Christmas.

1. We still like getting presents.
2. We still like the days off from work.
3. We still enjoy the extra time with family and the big dinners.
4. We aren’t organized enough to pull it off.
5. We don’t have the money to pull it off.
1. The majority of my fellow liberals, they are Christians too.

I predict that the harder the Religious Right pushes their agenda to achieve their theocratic goals the harder individuals that are liberal and moderates in this country will push back. America is the land of the free.

2) – (“membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc”)

4) Media Matters – Bill O’Reilly ; The War on Christmas, Religion out of the public square ; Secular Progressives.

7) Theocracy Watch – A Religious Right watchdog group.

Americans United for the Separation of Church and State – The Religious Right in their own words.

20) NY Times – Run, Rudolph, Run June 31, 2003

24) Christians against Christmas -

25) Puritan ; Reformed against Christmas

26) American United – The Religious Right’s Phony ‘War on Christmas’: Mything in Action

27) Plano Independent School District – Public Statement

War On Christmas?