CHRISTMAS WARS ESCALATE: CHRISTIANS FIGHT BACK
Never before have more Christians fought back in an effort to reclaim Christmas.
For
example, in 2003, a Glenview, Illinois firehouse was told it could not
display Christmas decorations. In 2004, they won approval. In 2003, an
8-year-old boy from Plano, Texas was forbidden from giving his friends
candy canes in school. In 2004, he was allowed. In 2003, a crèche in
Cranston, Rhode Island triggered a lawsuit. In 2004, it was erected
without controversy.
In 2004,
Christians organized to protest the exclusion of nativity scenes from
the same South Florida malls that allow menorahs. When a school in New
Jersey banned the singing of Christmas songs, local residents staged
their own "protest" concert. When four atheists protested the display
of a nativity scene in Milford, Connecticut, 200 pro-crèche supporters
greeted them.
Atheists in
Reynoldsburg, Ohio lost in their effort to stop the display of a
nativity scene. Residents of a lower East Side housing project in New
York City successfully protested a ban on Christmas lights. When
Christmas songs were banned from school buses in a Chicago suburb,
parents began their meeting with school officials by singing "We Wish
You a Merry Christmas." They won. Singing "Silent Night" was first
banned from a concert in the schools of Egg Harbor, New Jersey. The
ruling was then reversed.
Stafford
township in New Jersey initially balked on displaying a crèche, but
later reversed its decision. Residents of Pasco County, Florida
revolted when Christmas trees were banned. The decision was reversed.
Taxpayers in Mustang, Oklahoma were so angry at the banning of a
nativity play in a school that they killed a school bond bid. And in
Fairfield, Connecticut, nativity scenes were allowed to be displayed
for three days, but only if they were monitored around the clock. Nello
Ceccarelli, who is 89, agreed to do just that.
In addition
to these battles, the Catholic League was critical of the newly created
holiday, Chrismukkah. The purpose of this holiday is to jointly
celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah, the target audience being Christians
and Jews who have married. We are pleased to note that at the request
of the New York Board of Rabbis, we issued a joint statement
criticizing Chrismukkah for diluting the significance of both Christmas
and Hanukkah.
The cultural fascists who waged war on Christmas never expected such a backlash. Hope they got the message.
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