War on Christmas

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Patchogue, Long Island Restoring "Christmas" To Holiday Parade After Controversy

AP | Posted 11.19.2009 | New York

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PATCHOGUE, N.Y. — A town on New York's Long Island is hoping for better attendance at its 16th annual holiday boat parade this year by restoring...

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American Family Association's "War On Christmas" Gap Boycott Is A Fatwa Fail

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.19.2009 | Media

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Christmas seems to start earlier and earlier every year, and with it comes the idiotic fringe-media meme that's come to be known as the "War On Christ...

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Ancient Mythic Origins of the Christmas Story

Valerie Tarico | Posted 01.25.2009 | Living

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Most Americans know how Christmas came to be celebrated on December 25, but where does the Christmas story itself come from: Jesus in the manger, the angels and wise men?

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Why Would Progressives Make "War" on Christmas? It is a Celebration of Progressive Values

Robert Creamer | Posted 01.25.2009 | Politics

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Christmas celebrates the central premise of the progressive ethical system, "love they neighbor as thyself," and rejects the tribalism and radical individualism that lie at the heart of right wing ideology.

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Holiday Songs for Scientologists

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 01.12.2009 | Entertainment

Being a secular progressive, I want everyone to be included in the forced holiday cheer. And I got to thinking, why aren't there holiday songs for Scientologists?

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The War Against Getting Along

Lisa and Michael Littman | Posted 01.12.2009 | Living

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Separation of church and state is what allows us to live together. It is not anti-religious -- it is pro-getting along and pro-protecting all religious groups.

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Is it OK to Celebrate Christmas, Even If You're Not a Christian?

Valerie Tarico | Posted 01.11.2009 | Living

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What my friend Hannah is appalled by when it comes to Christianity isn't the broad range of kind, thoughtful people in her community, but rather the theologies that drive the Evangelicals.

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The Thin Red and Green Line: Letters from the War on Christmas

Chez Pazienza | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

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"The last I heard, the National Guard was moving in to crush some kind of uprising that torched the Rockefeller Center tree and destroyed all the Christmas windows at Saks."

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Reason's Greetings

Valerie Tarico | Posted 01.04.2009 | Living

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Many of us--Christians and nonChristians alike, are tired of Evangelicals' astounding sense of entitlement and frightened by how far it has gotten them.

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The Religious Right's War on Christmas Began Centuries Ago

Bruce Wilson | Posted 12.23.2008 | Politics

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As it happens, once upon a time there was a real "War on Christmas" and it was initiated by the theocratic Christian right of its day, Swiss Calvinists and Scottish Presbyterians.

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It's Time for a War on the War on the "War on Christmas"

Mitchell Bard | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

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I would like to see a country where we don't seek to make non-Christian citizens feel like they are not part of the national fabric by pointing out to them, again and again, that they are different than a majority.

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Focus on the Family Saves Christmas -- Thank God!

Phil Bronstein | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

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Warning to anxious retailers -- make sure you don't shy away from the using word "Christmas" in your crass annual attempt to pander to all those secular customers.

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Christmas Warrior O'Reilly Doesn't Practice What He Preaches

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.20.2008 | Media

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O'Reilly's "War On Christmas" aggression is about to be turned inward, as soon as he discovers that he avoids using "Merry Christmas" himself!

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O'Reilly's War On Christmas Goes Retail

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.07.2008 | Media

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You know, as I walked up into the CVS across the street from my apartment a few days ago and saw the store festooned with Christmas decorations, I had...

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Holiday Sign-Offs: How Did The Anchors Address The Christmas Conundrum?

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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It's the latest front in the War on Christmas: The Anchor Sign-Off! How, in these loaded PC times where even Mike Huckabee can't have a floating cross...

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Murdoch Joins The "War On Christmas" With Secular Holiday Card

Portfolio.com | Jeff Bercovici | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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There's a "War on Christmas" out there, according to Bill O'Reilly and the rest of the Fox News talkers, but no one's told Fox owner Rupert Murdoch. T...

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9 Dems Say No To Christmas Resolution In Congress

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Rep. Jim McDermott says he is no Grinch, even though he voted against Christmas. The Democrat from Washington state says he was protesting an expecte...

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Babylon And On: Fox And Friends Stage 'War' On Christmas Circle-Jerk

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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When I read that the House of Representatives was going to vote on a resolution honoring Christmas and Christianity, I cannot tell you how happy I was...

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GOP Rep Introduces Resolution In Congress To Confirm The "Importance Of Christmas"

Politico | John Bresnahan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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This is one straight from the headlines of the Onion. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) has introduced a resolution (H.Res. 847) saying, and I am not making th...

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O'Reilly Reports On "Major Victory" In The Non-Existent 'War' On Christmas

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Have you heard about this "war" on Christmas? It seems to come earlier every year. In fact, the only thing that seems to come even earlier are the m...

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