--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seekliberation" <seekliberation@...> wrote: <snip> > You know, I get irritated at some of the recent attacks on > Christmas and what appears to be a movement in America to > remove any trace of Christianity from our lives.
Oh, please, there is no such movement. That's a ridiculous right-wing meme. You could say there's a movement to reduce the role of religions generally in our public life, in accordance with the Constitution; and because Christianity is the dominant religion in the country, that means the movement more often targets Christianity than other religions. But *nothing* that's been done or proposed in this regard has a thing to do with reducing, let alone eliminating, the role played by Christianity or any other religion in anyone's private life. That remains inviolable. As to the notion of "attacks" on Christmas, have a look at this op-ed piece: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/15/opinion/the-puritan-war-on-christmas.html As the piece points out, the "war on Christmas" is our oldest Christmas tradition in this country, one begun and sustained by the very most devout of Christians.
