Monday, December 13, 2004
THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS SPEAKS OF CONSPIRACY THEORY
From Bill O'Reilly:
"Christmas with the Kranks" is not only the name of a holiday movie this year, it is also a national trend. Once again, Christmas is under siege by the growing forces of secularism. Put these facts in your stocking:
Federated Department Stores, which includes Macy's, has suggested that managers avoid displaying "Merry Christmas" banners and have ordered employees not to talk about it.
In Denver, a church was banned from the Festival of Lights parade because it wanted a religious theme to its float.
The Maplewood, N.J., school board has banned religious music from "holiday" concerts.
Mayor Bloomberg insists that the lighted tree outside City Hall is not a Christmas tree, it's a holiday tree. (What holiday, Mr. Mayor?)
He goes on to elaborate on the ways that Christmas is being edged out of the culture to accommodate the secular agenda, and likens this to the road that Canada has already traveled and America is copying. The closing paragraphs are the clincher for me since it is there that he uses the word:
Since Christmas is the most demonstrative display of organized religion, a strategy of minimizing the birth of Jesus makes sense.
I know this sounds conspiratorial, but it isn't. Most of those marginalizing Christmas have no idea about the big picture. They simply think they're looking out for the minority of Americans who don't celebrate the birth of Christ.
But committed secularists in the media, courts and education system know what's going on. And now so do you. Merry Christmas!
