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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Catholic League <lg@catholicleague.org><BR>Subject: WAR ON CHRISTMAS COMMENCES<BR>To: arthurkelly@yahoo.com<BR>Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 12:53 PM<BR><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal>November 3, 2009</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">WAR ON CHRISTMAS COMMENCES</SPAN></B></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Catholic League president Bill Donohue notes that the 2009 war on Christmas has begun:</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>For almost three decades, there has been a Christmas parade in Amelia, Ohio, a village outside Cincinnati. But this year there will be none. That’s because one person complained, village solicitor Laura Abrams. Her complaint: the word “Christmas.” In response, the village changed the name to the “Holiday Parade,” though it did not say what holiday was being celebrated. Understandably, this dishonest scheme created a furor, the result being—just to play it safe—there will be no parade. </DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>There will be no Christmas tree this year on the Capitol lawn in Frankfort, Kentucky. The word “Christmas” was deemed offensive. Instead, there will be a “Holiday Tree.” The official line is that the “Holiday Tree” is inclusive of Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year’s, though no one has ever heard of a “Thanksgiving Tree,” “Hanukkah Tree” or “New Year’s Tree.” </DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>When World War II ended, a local resident from Warren, Michigan decided to erect a nativity scene on a public median; the same family has privately maintained this tradition ever since. But there won’t be one this year because a lawsuit argues it is discriminatory.</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>In Olympia, Washington, religious displays have been banned inside municipal buildings. But outside the buildings, it is okay. Well, not really—atheists are already protesting that decision.</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Arizona is supplying this year’s Christmas Tree in the nation’s Capitol. Attempts to bar students from making religious ornaments were defeated, but only because of a threatened lawsuit.</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Make no mistake about it: The declared enemy of these cultural fascists is religious speech, and they will stop at nothing to censor it. Stay tuned—we’re only in early November.</DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Susan A. <SPAN class=SpellE>Fani</SPAN><BR>Director of Communications<BR>The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights<BR>450 Seventh Avenue<BR>New York, NY 10123<BR>212-371-3191<BR>212-371-3394 (fax)</SPAN> </DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
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