ACLU ~ the "legendary birth of Jesus Christ"

The ACLU is back at it this year in places all over America for Churches or businesses having commemorative Christmas displays or in the ACLU's words, the "apparent promotion and endorsement of Christianity". They have been at it for years with claims of churches and businesses "advancing religion", and delivering "an overtly relgious message" with the Nativity scene. Why the attacks on the most celebrated religious day in history? People of all races, and nations celebrate the religious holiday of Christmas more than any other religious holiday in the world. No other religious day is brought into question by the ACLU, even if they did, it would not even come close on the cases they thrive on protecting any who are not Christians. Whether you agree on the date of the birth of Jesus Christ is less important than the fact that there is in fact a day that people celebrate it. Yet every year, the ACLU, who boast in the fact that they protect all peoples, religions, and cultures' rights, they hypocritically exclude Christianity from their list of the protected, on purpose! By their owns admission even! It's always the same rhetoric every year from the ACLU. The controversy that a manger scene causes just shows their true colors.

Today you have the Christians who argue roots of paganism and Baal bushes. Christians who take a "don't know don't care" attitude when it comes to Christmas. You have Christians who use Christmas solely as a specific day to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ. You have unbelievers and Christians alike who love good old Saint Nick, Rudolph, and the elves from the North Pole. They actually teach their families such fables. You have Atheist who won't Christmas abolished like it is slavery, and you have Atheist that really care less about the word "Christmas" and actually understand what a "right" is. You have the ACLU watchdog keeping Churches and Corporations in check, changing the meaning of what Christmas used to be.

Everyone is so worried about what the "other" people are doing with Christmas. What ever happened to minding your own business? I'm not even getting into the "should we celebrate, or should we not celebrate" debates going around in circles of Christian faith today. I'm not even getting into the fact that Christmas has become more about business, revenue, and the bottom dollars, and commercializing a day lessoning the more important meaning. The founding fathers didn't celebrate Christmas. It wasn't even recognized in America until the 1800's. I won't go into the fact that Jesus Christ was more likely to have been born in September than December. I'm not offended at those who don't celebrate it. People who choose to celebrate a day that recognizes the birth of their Savior, their God, should not be penalized if they say, "Merry Christmas". I could care less if someone celebrates it or doesn't celebrate it, but the point needs to be that they have a "right" to celebrate a day they "regard unto the Lord"!

It's so nice to live in a country where people respect your right to worship and celebrate isn't it? That's just not the case. People in their places of employment are told not to say Merry "Christ"mas anymore. Happy Holidays is the correct thing. Then, they say we are putting a "Holy"day on them. So now what, Happy December 25th? Happy Jesus's Birthday? I mean what do we do now. Happy non-descriptive December day? Are you celebrating the 25th? "Merry Day in December to All" "Remember, remember the 25th of December!"

They can't just let the world freely choose their means of celebration for Christmas can they? They have to dictate and define it! We freely allow them to NOT worship, or celebrate. We are not creating claims of religious persecution when we see other religions celebrate their holy days in America. Some people teach their kids about Jolly old St Nick, that he knows whether your naught or nice, and he has a reindeer friend named Rudolph, and oh, he has a red nose. And they fly all over the world in different time-zones hoping every house has a chimney, filling all the houses with Christmas Cheer and material possessions. But still, I'm not offended. We don't care about Rudolph. I don't care about the stands in the mall with some jolly big red-suited impersonator that knows if kids are naughty or nice! If my son sees Rudolph in the store, I don't run to the manager and tell him that "infringes on my Constitutional rights, or my first amendment right". I don't sue a mall for having a 100 foot Santa setting next to the entrance with a 50 ft long sleigh with "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" blaring on loud speakers. Do you think you could even get a lawyer for that? Could I call the ACLU and explain to them how my religious rights are being trampled due to being subjected to a religious figure whom I do not believe in. Or how Santa Claus delivers an "overtly religious message." We don't rage about the fact that millions of parents teach their children about Santa Claus (Sinter Klaas 17th Century, patron Saint of Children). The ACLU doesn't fear a jolly fat man from the north pole. He isn't a threat to them. We give them their rights. We respect their worship. We aren't offended if someones sends my family a card with Santa Claus on it. It has no bearing on my beliefs, nor will it affect what I teach to my children about the day.

On December 3rd, President Obama and family joined the nation as the President turned on the National Christmas tree this year at the White House. I guess he is sending a "overtly religious message" to all non-Christians. President Barack Obama is not separating Church and State very well is he. Then our President Obama is said to be having a "non-religious Christmas" with his family. No Christmas tree, no nativity scene in the East Room, no Christmas decorations. Yet, President Barack Obama calls himself a Christian? So he isn't having a Christmas tree, big deal. It's the hypocrisy that bothers me. He obviously isn't a Christian, even if he was, he isn't bound to celebrate Decemeber 25th over any other day. No one is. No Christian is bound to celebrate the day of Christmas. It's really a matter of preference.

Atheist and those of the ACLU stripe claim they don't want to go into the store and be told they are a "Christian" by the salvation army at the door, or the people over the loud speaker by hearing Christmas songs with biblical overtone, or "Merry Christmas Shoppers". What about the Christian who does not want to hear music with offensive, derogatory, lewd and impure lyrics every time they go a store or mall. Could a Christian get a lawyer for that? Of course not! No one ever brings that up do they? The ACLU doesn't see how that infringes on our first amendment rights. It's so ridiculous. A church sets up a Christmas display that has hay bales from the Nativity sticking 5 inches into the city owned road, and it's suddenly the church infringing on the state. That's how they use the law to get these things removed. It isn't relevant anymore if homeowners, or private business owners do things within guidelines of the law and county and state permits. If it's deemed offensive by the ACLU, lawyers and judges, they are usually forced to comply. Firefighters this year in Boston removed a Christmas sign from their firehouse that had been there for 50 years. Why can't a homemade sign that says Merry Christmas on it be deemed a artistic expression, or even a "Religious Expression"? Because it had the word "CHRIST" in it, and as you have seen, the world system clearly will not allow that if they can do anything about it.

This is there definition, their own words; they see anything with Christmas in it as this:

"When the county displays this manger scene, which depicts the legendary birth of Jesus Christ, it places in imprimatur of the Macomb County government behind the Christian religious doctrine. This excludes citizens who are not Christian - Jew, Native Americans, practitioners, animist, etc., as well as the significant and growing population that is not religious at all."

They don't want Christ. They cry and claim that we are shoving "Christ"mas down their throats, and stoically stand against the celebration of Christmas, but then they take off days of work for Christmas with family. They accept many "Christ"mas gifts. They accept "Christ"mas cards. Don't be a hypocrite!

If you don't believe in "Christ"mas, then don't celebrate it. In any way shape or form. Don't drive your children down the road in the neighborhood that has lights and trees decorated to commemorate "Christ"mas. Don't watch or buy any Christmas movies with your favorite Hollywood actors. Don't have a double standard about your beliefs. Don't go to any Christmas parties. Don't go to any Christmas events if you are an atheist. Don't watch the "Nutcracker". If you believe in Atheism, why would you care if millions and millions of simpleton, believers, non-believers, cultures, societies, and nations celebrate a day to mark the birth of Jesus Christ. Just dispatch us as ignorant people. You can be the elect educated who are smarter then the rest of us. If you go to a store that has "O Holy Night" playing over the loud speaker, stay true to your principles, and atheistic, agnostic standards and get out. If you are in a bar Christmas Eve feeling sorry for your self because everyone is with family and friends, and the jukebox plays "O Come all ye Faithful" be true to your beliefs and leave and go call the ACLU immediately.

They only deceitfully use the Constitution for their agendas, and when "their rights" are being tread upon. They don't help the Christian when their rights are being tread upon. They use the law ONLY for their kind, to remove what THEY don't want to see. It becomes an issue of "Christians" of all protestant faiths, are now guilty of promoting and endorsing the Christian faith with a Nativity Scene that has proven historical figures, and cultural and religious relevance to a large portion of the worlds population. By doing so, they are offensively, oppressing the homosexuals, the Muslims, the Atheist, the Buddhist, the Hinduist, or any other nationality, religon, or culture that may drive down "Christmas Lane" on a cold December night in any town in America. All the pretty lights, wreaths, trees, decorations, and that offensive little child.