Prior to the last decade or so, Americans were free to celebrate Christmas without fear of offending others. I don't remember ever hearing Jews complain about our Christian holiday. We never hear a peep out of Buddhists or Hindus either. It is largely atheists and Muslims who do all the griping.
Muslims whine about Islamophobia. Maybe they should just recognize that they are a very small segment of our population and that they should respect the wishes of the majority. Take a few lessons from the Buddhists and Hindus, and then we will show more respect for them.
I lived three years as a youth in the Middle East. We Americans showed respect for the Islamic culture in which we lived and never made demands to accommodate our faith. Of course, unlike Muslims, we Americans value our lives.
Read about the latest act of political correctness to accommodate Islam, via Jihad Watch. Who said Sharia law has not come to the United States?
Minnesota: Santa Claus banned from Head Start classes to avoid offending Muslims
"St. Peter, Minnesota says Somali jihadists, sí, Santa Claus, no. How long before 'St. Peter' itself is renamed so as to avoid further offending Muslims? 'One fewer stop for Santa this year: He's banned from Head Start classes in St. Peter,' by Joe Kimball at MinnPost.com, December 16 (thanks to Kenneth):
'Santa Claus, as portrayed by Dennis Jackson, won't be visiting students at the Head Start classes in St. Peter this year.
Jackson has made appearances the past four years at the classes for students who need help preparing for school, but this year officials said, "No, no, no."
The reason: The classes have many immigrant children who don't celebrate Christmas, says the Mankato Free Press.
Santa's a little frosted, the paper says.
It kind of burnt me up," he said.
The official explanation from Chris Marben, who coordinates regional Head Start programs through Mankato-based Minnesota Valley Action Council: "We have Somali families in the program. We're respecting the wishes of families in the program."
She didn't say how many objections were made, but said more than one would be enough to cancel Santa.
"The simple truth is that southern Minnesota has become a much more culturally diverse society than it was a few decades ago," she told the paper. "Part of our challenge in Head Start is providing an environment where young children from many different cultures can all feel comfortable."...'"
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You don't remember ever hearing of Jews complain about our Christian holiday?
Maybe you should open your ears. (And, while you're at it, your mind.)
Jewish Student Reports Threats After Complaint Over Christmas (in 1993)
http://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/25/us/jewish-student-reports-threats-after-complaint-over-christmas.html
"How the secular humanist grinch didn't steal Christmas"
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/11/21/christmas/print.html
The fact is, the earliest complaints about Christian celebrations on public grounds tagged "the Jews", "the Commies". amd "the ACLU" with being the culprits. Islam only entered the picture when (1) our Muslim population grew, and (2) when Muslims got tired of the abuse heaped upon them by Religious Rightwingnuts, and decided to fight back, sort of.
Being sensitive to the rights of others just sucks, doesn't it? Didn't you enjoy your life more in the "good old days" when Religious Rightwingnuts could do and say anything they wanted, without fear of contradiction or criticism?
There ARE people out there who don't believe in Christianity, MoreLies, and their feelings SHOULD be taken into consideration. Of course, you don't have ANY problem with taking their sensitivities into consideration, so long as you can do what you damn well want to, in the end.
And before you accuse them of being overly sensitive, step back for a moment: do you realize that YOU'RE overly sensitive about a Santa Claus in a place that's not even your home? How touchy ARE Religious Rightwingnuts?
The answer? As touchy as you claim non-Christians are.
Our Country is based from Christianity and many cannot stand it. So they attack it. Who are the intolerant ones? Anyone with a bit of common sense knows that this is an attack on Christianity and not a bid for freedom of religion. But obviously there are clueless people or just out right liars that are hiding behind progressive masks.
We will stamp out Sharia and all the anti-American attacks once the light is shed on the Islamic so-called religion. We as a nation will be forced to define what bona fide non violent pro humnan rights religions are to stop the insanity and force the peaceful Muslims to rid their own religion of evil. We should not have to do this but obviously the likes of Saudi Arabia has no intention of doing anything to stop the ISLAMIC TERRORISM. So we as a nation need to stop allowing ISLAM to abuse our freedoms and let them use our freedoms against us.
Just another bunch of 19 dollar words from a muslim moron.
I'm glad i live in the south.
We don't put up with that shit here.
Muslims know their limits too.
look diogenes stupid asshole, theres a thing called reciprocity, mohammedan countries dont care about respecting other people's customs, no churches are allowed, no croses in public, no freedom of assembly and no private masses, they even burn churches to the ground in "tolerant" countries like indonesia. Tolerance is a two way street you liberal asshole. Most of the Americans are Christian, SO GET USED TO IT, MORON, RESPECT THE WISHES OF THE MAJORITY
I'll respect the rights of the majority when they respect the rights of the minority. That's what the Constitution is all about, you cretins.
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