Originally Posted by Wow Civic
I'm not Christian, but even I have the ability to see that there is a war on Christianity by bored liberals. There's a new case almost every day where a liberal, excited by some radical left wing organization, files a lawsuit on anything having to do with Christianity.
Cite examples or admit that you made this up.
Originally Posted by Wow Civic
As someone said before -- the minority in this case is exerting their will on the majority. Most people do not care if they see "Low Christmas Prices" on some Walmart billboard. But a few idiots will see this and see an opportunity to get some satisfaction out of changing that word to "Holiday." Does the word Christmas really offend you atheists and agnostics out there? Does the word Christmas really offend you Jews, Muslims, and Hindus? I hate to bring up this radical organization, but, the ACLU (see a pattern here?) threatened to file a lawsuit because on the ceiling of one of the buildings in D.C. that houses Congress sessions had a Christian symbol on it!
First, Congress only meets in one building; the United States Capitol Building. (I am excluding commitees here because Wow Civic referred to "Congress" and nothing more specific.) If you graduated high school you should know that.
See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congres..._United_States
Second, I don't have a clue what you're talking about. When you make a claim like this, you need to either post a link to a news story about it or actually provide details like names and dates. Otherwise the story sounds like complete bullshit, which is what I'm guessing it is.
Third, the federal government is limited in the way it can display religious symbols because the wall of separation between church and state isn't just a groovy idea -- it is federal law. If you post some details about this incident, I'll be happy to point out why it really isn't the big bad liberals come to strip you of your right to drink egg nog and eat candy canes.
Originally Posted by Wow Civic
Then they filed a lawsuit on the state of California because a symbol for one of the counties of CA had a Christian symbol on it.
Again, post a link, provide details, or admit that you made this up. I mean, seriously, this doesn't even make any sense. Why would the ACLU sue the state if the county is the offending party? Did you even think about this before you posted it?
Originally Posted by Wow Civic
The war on Christianity stems much deeper than Christmas. I say, don't file frivolous lawsuits on your city because they're having a "Christmas Parade." The city is not infringing on your freedom of religion. Celebrate Christmas the way you see fit. If you want to worship the eight-headed God of thunderstorms during Christmas, do it.
You have again missed the point of separation of church and state. The government is simply not allowed to spend money endorsing any particular religion. Or, at least it isn't supposed to be, although President Bush has injected his Christian ideology into a number of policies where it does not belong (such as faith-based initiatives, the gag rule on contraception in the context of foreign aid, and so on).