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<DIV>Something that I've found interesting during my time on Free Republic (which I can't be on as much since I started my new job on October 9), is that there are quite a few number of observant/conservative/religious Jewish people on Free Republic who are quite supportive of safeguarding Christian rights vis-a-vis Christmas (being able to say "Christmas" having creches in public, etc.) - in fact, quite a number of orthodox rabbis and laity have posted articles strongly supporting us - the last couple of Christmases are an example. As one of the Jewish FR participants said to me "you conservative Christians have been standing up for us Jews for a long time, let us do the same for you."<BR></DIV>
<DIV>Made my day!<BR><BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Dr. Jerry Falwell [mailto:webmaster-reply@falwell.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 13, 2006 3:45 PM<BR><B>To:</B> fc@list.falwell.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Christians Uniting to Safeguard Christmas<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>The <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 /><st1:City w:st="on">Liberty</st1:City> <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Alliance</st1:place></st1:City> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><A title=http://www.moralmajority.com/ href="http://www.moralmajority.com/"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1">http://www.moralmajority.com</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>From: Jerry Falwell</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Date: October 13, 2006</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Christians Uniting to Safeguard Christmas<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Liberty Counsel, the nonprofit litigation, education and policy organization that has been at the center of the religious freedom wars in our nation, and Jerry Falwell Ministries are again joining together this year to promote the national “Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign.”</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>This is the fourth year of the endeavor, which is designed to educate Americans — primarily retailers, school administrators and city officials who have attempted to eradicate celebrations of Christmas — of the legalities of religious expression during the Christmas season.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Last year’s operation was our most successful ever, and we are hoping more pastors and citizens will join in this effort this year.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>The primary way in which people are getting involved is by placing ads in their local newspapers which spell out the rights of individuals to participate in public Christmas functions.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Liberty Counsel, which has offices in Orlando, Fla., and on the campus of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., has hundreds of affiliate attorneys in all 50 states who are pledged to be the “friends” to those individuals which do not censor Christmas and a “foe” to those that do. Last December, ABC’s “Good Morning America” assessed Liberty Counsel's Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign during an interview with me. The host observed that the campaign had ignited a “movement.”</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Indeed it did. Newspaper ads ran all over the country and people joined together to tell retailers who banned expressions of Christmas that they would shop elsewhere.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Last year, Liberty Counsel successfully handled scores of cases in defense of Christmas, including a lawsuit against two <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Florida</st1:place></st1:State> towns that would not permit a nativity scene in a public park. Liberty Counsel intervened in numerous other situations last year.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>As a result, Boston stopped calling its Christmas tree a “holiday tree”; Wellington, Fla., allowed a Nativity scene to join a Christmas tree and a menorah; state employees were allowed to have Christmas parties instead of generic “holiday parties”; schools included religious songs in their choral presentations; students were allowed to recognize the Christian aspects of Christmas; retailers started wishing shoppers “Merry Christmas” instead of “happy holidays” and renamed their “holiday trees” to “Christmas trees.”</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Many individuals in our nation have been convinced by the ACLU and other organizations that wish to quell public religious expression that simple expressions of the Christmas season are promotions of religion. Nothing could be further from the truth.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>I’m urging people to get involved in this issue so that we can turn back these anti-Christmas organizations' efforts to stifle public Christmas expressions.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>On its website ( </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.lc.org/"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1">www.LC.org</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></A><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> ), Liberty Counsel offers a Help Save Christmas™ action pack, which includes educational legal memoranda to educate government officials, teachers, parents, students, private businesses, employees and others that it is legal to celebrate Christmas. The legal memo will educate you on how to defend Christmas.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>You can also get “I Love CHRISTmas”™ buttons, “I Helped Save Christmas” bumper stickers, and sample newspaper ads — designed by my National Liberty Journal newspaper staff — that can be used, free of charge, in local newspapers.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>The ads point out that celebrating Christmas is still legal in schools, on public property and in private businesses and offer Liberty Counsel’s free legal assistance to those facing persecution for celebrating Christmas.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Anita Staver, president of Liberty Counsel, said, “Christmas is constitutional. We cannot allow our religious liberty and heritage to be swept from the public square.”</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>When enough people learn the truth — that we can celebrate the religious aspects of Christmas — the ACLU and similar “Scrooges” and “grinches” will lose their power to steal Christmas.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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