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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: ANTI-CHRISTMAS GANG IN HIGH GEAR<BR>To: arthurkelly@yahoo.com<BR>Date: Monday, November 30, 2009, 12:20 PM<BR><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal>November 30, 2009</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">ANTI-CHRISTMAS GANG IN HIGH GEAR</SPAN></B></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Catholic League president Bill Donohue opines as follows:</DIV>
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<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN>·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New
Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>The menorah in Nashville’s Riverfront Park is okay by the ACLU, but the crèche in Clarksville, Tennessee is not. Why? The City of Clarksville paid $200 for the animals used in the nativity scene. </DIV>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN>·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New
Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>A woman from Manchester, Massachusetts was told she cannot have a live nativity scene outside her First Parish Church. Why? The church sits on the town common. </DIV>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN>·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New
Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>A life-sized crèche has adorned the Chambersburg public square in Pennsylvania for about a half-century, but there won’t be one this year: the decision to censor it was made after Carl Silverman decided he wanted to have a sign, “Celebrating Solstice—Honoring Atheist War Veterans” to accompany the manger. </DIV>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN>·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New
Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>Leesburg, Virginia traditionally displays a crèche, menorah and Christmas tree, but this year they have been banned. </DIV>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN>·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New
Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>Inside the Capitol in Olympia, Washington, all holiday displays have been nixed. </DIV>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN>·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New
Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>A nativity scene has been on display on the grounds of the Manitowoc County Courthouse in Wisconsin since World War II, but this year there will be none.</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>My favorite so far hails from West Chester, Pennsylvania. Under new rules, four displays are allowed in front of the Court House for a limited period of time, providing they are “content-neutral” in terms of their message. But symbols—religious or secular—are by their very nature content-specific, thus making the request positively oxymoronic.</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>But guess what? In Patchogue, Long Island they reverted back to calling their Christmas Boat Parade exactly that, shunning last year’s choice of a Holiday Boat Parade. And because <SPAN class=SpellE>Obama</SPAN> hired Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano there will be a Christmas tree in the Capitol once again, and not a generic Holiday tree. Kudos are especially deserved for Colorado’s Larimer County Sheriff, Jim <SPAN class=SpellE>Alderden</SPAN>, who not only is allowing crèches and menorahs, he is selling shirts reading, “Lighten Up. Just say ‘Merry Christmas’” and “Wishing You a Loud and Politically Incorrect ‘Merry Christmas.’”</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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