It looks like it's official. The war on Christmas we've heard about is nothing more than a figment conjured up by a few extremists.
The evidence accumulates. "What War on Christmas?'" asked a column in last week's Washington Post. Salon.com, preferred reading at the Clinton White House, in the article "How the secular humanist grinch didn't steal Christmas" makes clear there is no war.
In recommending the piece, Fox News panelist Neil Gabler labeled three of his own network's hosts as "demagogues" for suggesting there's any assault on Christmas. We can only guess what that week's staff meeting was like.
Los angeles Times columnist Joel Stein also finds no indication there's any antagonism directed at the day on which we commemorate the birth of Christ. although he does admit: "We Jews find it a little embarrassing that adults can still make such a big fuss over Christmas. To us, Jesus was just a cool guy everyone liked because he died young."
The Indiana american Civil Liberties Union Web site currently lists an article authored by the organization's executive director explaining "How the aCLU Didn't Steal Christmas."
In it, he claims there's "a well-organized attempt by extremist groups to demonize the aCLU, crush religious diversity, and make a few bucks in the process." On the Illinois aCLU's Web site, it's noted: "this office has not brought legal action against a Chicago-area school district for a holiday celebration in many years. . ."
So that pretty well settles it. There is no war on Christmas. and even if there were, the aCLU wasn't part of it.
Facts are stubborn things, as John adams wrote. and the facts regarding the aCLU and Christmas, particularly as it relates to public schools, are incontestable.
a quick review of just a few of its actions:
Heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis said of one of his opponents, "He can run, but he can't hide." The aCLU can run, but it can't hide its disgraceful record on Christmas.
This appears in the December 15, 2005 Oak Lawn (IL) Reporter. Mike Bates is the author of Right angles and Other Obstinate Truths.
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