Catholic
League president William Donohue explained today what
the Catholic League is doing this year to promote
Christmas celebrations:
“Every
December the Catholic League expends considerable
resources fighting against those who seek to censor
Christmas. The
issues are multiple: we have fought those who seek to
ban the display of crèches on public property; those
who allow menorahs to be displayed in public schools
but ban nativity scenes; those who sanitize the
workplace by forbidding Christmas apparel or religious
symbols; and those who seek to foist upon Christians
the notion that they should be satisfied with the
display of a Christmas tree.
This year we are doing something different—we
are actively promoting Christmas in the private sector
by mailing tens of thousands of ‘Religion-Friendly
Zone’ decals to merchants and corporations.
“There
is no law which bars privately owned businesses from
displaying religious symbols; all that is lacking is
the courage to do so.
To that end, we have mailed our decals to the
Directors of Human Resources of the following entities
throughout the nation: major malls; fraternal
organizations; chain department stores; Fortune 500
businesses; supermarket chains; chain bookstores;
banks; chain drug stores; chain restaurants; and chain
hotels. Our
members have received one, too.
“The
plastic decal can easily be placed in any store
window. Round
in shape, it says along the top, ‘Religion-Friendly
Zone.’ In
the center of the red and green decal are hands
clasped in a prayer-like fashion.
This will allow the decal to be posted in areas
that allow for all religious displays, though it is
certainly our hope that Christmas ones will be
prominently featured.
“Those
who hate diversity and love censorship will not be
happy with this project.
But too bad for them—they can do nothing to
stop it.”
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