Ben Kaufman wrote:
> On 14 Dec 2006 16:08:38 -0800, "Tchiowa" wrote:
>
> >
> >Ben Kaufman wrote:
> >> On 14 Dec 2006 01:06:37 -0800, "Tchiowa" wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >Mike Hunt wrote:
> >> >> Laura Sanchez wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >>Too bad Christianity doesn't return the favor.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Excuse me? It's Christians that are the only ones defending Israel and
> >> >> > denouncing anti-Semitism.
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> Yet, they can't seem to share the winter holiday season by permitting a
> >> >> one Jewish symbol at the airport.
> >> >
> >> >Which "holiday" are you talking about? There is only one *NATIONAL
> >> >HOLIDAY* and it isn't a Jewish Holiday so why would you put up a Jewish
> >> >symbol?
> >> >
> >> >Putting up a Jewish symbol would be celebrating a holiday that is
> >> >*PURELY* a religious holiday and not a national holiday and thus would
> >> >be in clear violation of separation of church and state.
> >>
> >> Ah constitutionally based bigotry, way to go!
> >>
> >> Ben
> >
> >Not bigotry. Where talking about secular vs. religious. Do you struggle
> >with that concept?
>
> You fail to realize, perhaps, that the national holiday of Christmas is secular
> and does not give Christians any special decoration rights.
I never said that it did. But since it is a national holiday the
airport has just as much right to put up Christmas trees at Christmas
as it does to put up pictures of Lincoln on President's Day.
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