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Tuesday, November 29, 2005
 Banning Christmas Where did Christians get this sense that they're being discriminated against if they aren't solely being catered to? So department stores aren't putting "Merry Christmas" up in their stores anymore, opting for the more inclusive and pluralistic "Happy Holidays," and Donald Wildmon over at the American Family Association is offended because his faith lost its monopoly on holidays in December. He's started sending a petition around to get retailers to, once again, make Christmas the only holiday of the season. He says it offends him that Christmas isn't the only holiday recognized anymore. This type of thing is honestly making Christians look just ridiculous. Where are the Jewish people screaming that they only want "Happy Hanukkah" signs up? Or the Afrocentrists claiming that they're offended by the fact that these retail stores recognize that customers who don't celebrate Kwanza also happen to want to spend their money? Tradition is a mighty thing. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to have dawned on these conservative fundies that the product of all their hard labor, a pluralistic, democratic society, has some unintended consequences. Yes, we empowered the individual by acknowledging the existence of natural rights, and now they want to spread their wings, and all we want is for them to remain on the perch. Maybe they'd be happy if all of these stores acknowledged ALL the holidays expressly. Make different signs for every holiday celebrated. Then again, maybe these "Conservative Christians" have also forgotten that making a lot of different signs costs a lot more than making a lot of copies of one sign. Maybe they've forgotten the purpose of business... minimize cost and maximize income? Oh, wait... I almost forgot who I was talking about.
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Jimmy Doyle is a dad, husband,
teacher, friend, and other things. Currently he's just trying to figure out what it means to follow Christ and be in community with others. He enjoys having conversations with fellow pilgrims on the journey.
Stephen Zedler has a wife and three kids who he loves very much. He has been called by God to study and teach history, particularly U.S.
history. He also believes that God has called him to reform the way children are educated in America.