U.S. communities fail to keep 'Christ' in Christmas

By Jennifer Harper
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Is America ready for C---mas?

Christmas has been sanitized in schools and public squares, in
malls and parades where Santa's OK, Jesus Christ is not. "Jingle
Bells" rocks, but forget about "Silent Night."

Some hope to assure the nation that it's all right to say "Merry
Christmas."

Champions of creches, live Nativity scenes, Christmas trees, greeting 
cards and salutations offer compelling evidence that December 25 is 
still a religious holiday - not a violation of separation of church 
and state. 

They are ready to rumble.

"Those who think that the censoring of Christmas is a blue-state
phenomenon need to consider what happened today in the Wichita
[Kansas] Eagle," said William Donahue of the New York-based Catholic
League for Religious and Civil Rights.

The Kansas newspaper ran a correction, he said, for mistakenly
referring to a "Christmas Tree" rather than a "Community Tree" 
at the Wichita Winterfest celebration.

"It's time practicing Christians demanded to know from these speech-
code fascists precisely who it is they think they are protecting from
dropping the dreaded 'C-word' " Mr. Donahue said yesterday.

Some are particularly irked by public bans on Christmas carols.

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Full article at Washington Times ...
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20041209-122555-6083r.htm

Cheers, Steve...

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