Als unerwartete Quelle der Heiterkeit erweist sich in letzter Zeit der Newsletter der “Catholic League” Die Liga hat es sich übrigens zum Ziel gemacht gegen Diffamierung des Christentums in den USA anzukämpfen…

Obwohl ich persönlich nicht zu den Weihnachtshassern gehöre, hier ein Auszug aus den diversen Aussendungen zum Thema “War on Christmas”:

- 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.”
- The mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island censored all religious displays.- A nativity scene in Olean, New York was removed from the City Hall lawn after Wiccans placed the pentacle alongside it.
- After a Catholic sued and won demanding a crèche alongside a menorah in Briarcliff Manor, New York, local officials banned both the Christian and Jewish symbols.
- Atheists Alliance International put up a tree on the lawn of Chester County Courthouse outside Philadelphia with copies of the covers of books saying, “Why I Am Not a Christian,” etc.
- Americans United for Separation of Church and State is trying to block the display of a crèche in Shelby County, Alabama.
- Freedom from Religion Foundation is trying to stop the display of nativity scenes in three Wisconsin towns.
- 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.
- 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.

Schöne Feiertage allerseits…