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Christmas haters have an agenda

Bill O’Reilly says like it is.

“Christmas with the Kranks” is not only the name of a holiday movie this year, it is also a national trend. Once again, Christmas is under siege by the growing forces of secularism. Put these facts in your stocking:

  • Federated Department Stores, which includes Macy’s, has suggested that managers avoid displaying “Merry Christmas” banners and have ordered employees not to talk about it.

  • In Denver, a church was banned from the Festival of Lights parade because it wanted a religious theme to its float.

  • The Maplewood, N.J., school board has banned religious music from “holiday” concerts.

  • Mayor Bloomberg insists that the lighted tree outside City Hall is not a Christmas tree, it’s a holiday tree. (What holiday, Mr. Mayor?)

    Surveys show that more than 90% of Americans celebrate the federal holiday of Christmas, signed into law by President Ulysses Grant in 1870. Despite that overwhelming number, Christmas continues to get hammered.

    The anti-Christmas forces say it’s all about diversity, protecting the sensitivities of those Americans who get offended by the mere mention of the birth of Jesus. Somehow I haven’t been able to locate any of these folks who find a baby in a manger so off-putting it ruins their day.

    So the diversity excuse is a bunch of bull. What’s really going on is a well-organized movement to wipe out any display of organized religion from the public arena.

    The secular-progressive movement knows that it is organized religion, most specifically Christianity and Judaism, that stands in the way of gay marriage, partial birth abortion, legalized narcotics, euthanasia and many other secular causes. If religion can be de-emphasized, a brave new progressive society can be achieved.

    It has happened in Canada. Once a traditional religious country, Canada has become like Holland in its embrace of the secular movement. Some facts: In 1980, 79% of Canadians said religion was important to the country. The number has fallen to 61%. In 1971, less than 1% of the Canadian population reported having no religion whatsoever; that number has risen to 16%.

    The fall of religion in Canada has corresponded to a change in public policy. Canadians have legalized gay marriage and any kind of abortion, and the age of consent for sex is 14. Can you imagine American adults being allowed to fool around with children that age? I can’t.

    The Canadian model is what progressive Americans are shooting for, so religion must be dealt with. Since Christmas is the most demonstrative display of organized religion, a strategy of minimizing the birth of Jesus makes sense.

    I know this sounds conspiratorial, but it isn’t. Most of those marginalizing Christmas have no idea about the big picture. They simply think they’re looking out for the minority of Americans who don’t celebrate the birth of Christ.

    But committed secularists in the media, courts and education system know what’s going on. And now so do you. Merry Christmas!

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