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Re: ACLU's way: Re: Media Taking Christmas out of Christmas |
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Posted by American Pig on Mon Jan 3 20:03:04 2005, in response to Re: ACLU's way: Re: Media Taking Christmas out of Christmas, posted by Broadway Buffer on Mon Jan 3 18:05:33 2005. But I don't think the pagan celebrations would have turned into a major holiday season like this Christmas, although I'll admit I don't know how big of a deal it was. But not too many celebrate it anymore.Not too many people celebrate it anymore because those people converted to Christianity and celebrate Christian holidays. Had people retained their old belief systems, it is likely that the holiday would remain as important as it was. So it sounds like you believe all government workers would have to work on Christmas, no congress or senate breaks and that schools should be open on Christmas. Christmas should not be a government holiday. Government offices are closed on various days of the week. Libraries are often closed on a certain day during the work week. A public facility can close on a certain day for lack of demand and give its employees the day off. But Christmas should not be on the Flag Act as a day in which the Flag should be flown. And if a school board with a predominately non-Christian student body should choose to remain open on Christmas and instead close on some other day, then they should be able to do that too. But my point is that we should not sensor something which is the primary reason for the holiday season and that is a national holiday. Nobody is censoring anyone, people are free to celebrate as they please. The United States Government is not. Do you also want "under God" taken out of the pledge I'd prefer that it not have been put there in the first place, but now that it is there, I feel that removing it would be worse. However I do believe that "In God We Trust" should be removed as our national motto and the former motto "E Pluribus Unum" restored. IGWT can remain on our coins and notes just as EPU has remained. and schools to be open on Jewish holidays. In a school district where few or no students are Jewish, it would be silly to close on Jewish holidays, just as it is silly to close on Christmas in a district where there are few or no Christians (yes, it's rare, but I'm sure there's at least one). |
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