Catholic League president Bill
Donohue comments today as follows:
“It is simply wrong to maintain
that the sensitivity police want to scrub society
clean of all vestiges of religion. As the
following examples demonstrate, Christianity is
their real target.”
A spokesman
explained that the reason K-Mart forbids calling
Christmas trees Christmas trees is because “we
do not want to offend any of our associates.” So
they are dubbed “Holiday Trees.”
A staff member at
North Seattle Community College was berated for
discussing “Christmas cookies” in an e-mail.
Menorahs are called
menorahs—not candelabra—at LSU, but Christmas
trees are called “Holiday Trees.”
Hanukkah and the
Islamic holy day Eid al-Adha are mentioned in
the school calendar of the Spokane Public
Schools, but Christmas is not.
Minutes after a
“Giving Tree” was displayed at a school in
Leominster, Massachusetts, some parents
complained and it was immediately taken down.
A Christmas tree
was taken down after a faculty member complained
at Missouri State University, but was later
restored. No one complained about the menorah.
A miniature
nativity scene was removed from the main lobby
of CentraState Medical Center in New Jersey, but
was later restored. No one complained about the
menorah.
Hanukkah is
celebrated at Harvard, but not Christmas. A
giant menorah sits in Harvard Yard but there is
not a nativity scene in sight.
Pembroke Lakes Mall
in South Florida displays a 5-foot-tall menorah
but all nativity scenes have been censored.
Donohue concludes as follows:
“In Israel there are menorahs aplenty. And in the
Muslim nations, stars and crescents are displayed.
So why is it that in a nation that is
overwhelmingly Christian, manger scenes are banned
but Jewish and Muslim symbols are not? There is
something sick going on.”
