Liberty and Justice for All!

I received an email the other day. It went as follows:   

I am mailing mine today and hope if you guys only send one card out it will go to this address.

Yes, Christmas cards. This is coming early  so that you can get ready to include an important address to your list.  Wanna have some fun this CHRISTMAS?   Send the ACLU a  CHRISTMAS CARD this year. As they are working so very hard to get rid of the CHRISTMAS part of this holiday,  we should all send them a nice CHRISTIAN card to brighten up their dark, sad little world. Make sure it says “Merry Christmas” on it.  Here’s the address, just don’t be rude or crude. (It’s not the Christian Way , you know.)  

 ACLU
125 Broad Street  18th Floor 
 New York, NY 10004  

Two tons of Christmas cards would freeze their operations because they wouldn’t know if any were regular mail containing contributions. So spend 41 cents and tell the ACLU to leave Christmas alone. Also tell them that there is no such thing as a “Holiday  Tree”. . . It’s always been called a CHRISTMAS TREE!   And pass this on to your email lists. We really want to communicate with the ACLU! They really DESERVE us!!  For those of you who aren’t aware of them, the ACLU, (the American Civil Liberties Union) is the one suing the U.S. Government to  take God, Christmas or anything Christian, away from.  They represent  the atheists and others in this war.   Help put CHRIST back in Christmas! 

My  response was:

The ACLU is not trying to eliminate Christmas. The ACLU is working to make sure that we have a government that is representitive of all people and not just “the majority”. Government should celebrate all or it should celebrate none. It is really that simple. Our “Pledge” states “with liberty and justice for all”. Not for some or for most, but for all.Is the ACLU trying to prevent you from erecting an X-mas tree on your own property? No.Is the ACLU trying to prevent you from celebrating X-mas with  your friends and families? No.The ACLU is just trying to prevent individuals from using government to promote their religion over other religions. Instead of being insulted when the ACLU fights to keep people from erecting religious symbols in government buildings, people should be insulted when politicians tarnish religion by using God for political gains.  And by the way, the ”Christmas Tree” was not always called a “Christmas Tree”. It did not start off as a symbol of Christianity. It is a pagan symbol adopted by the church in an attempt to convert more pagans into the fold.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_tree#Roots

And for those who falsely believe that the use of “X” is an attempt to “take Christ out of Christmas”:

http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/xmasabbr.asp

The holiday season is the season for giving and the season for sharing. It is the season for spending time with friends, family and loved ones and reflecting on the year that was and looking forward to the year that will be.Instead of coming up with schemes on how we can derail an organization that stands up for our civil liberties, we should instead be coming up with ways that we can celebrate the holiday season and share the gifts of prosperity that many of us do have with those who are less fortunate than us.

It is unfortunate that people have to take the holiday season and be so spiteful and angry when the season is supposed to be about happiness and giving. After getting that letter I went to the bank near my work to deposit some funds. They happened to have cookies and apple cider for their customers. I had some and I also wished the woman behind the table a happy holidays. She, in a very terse manner, wished me a Merry Christmas (as if I was supposed to wish her that instead). I have also heard other people say that they are going to make it a point to say “Merry Christmas” because the holiday season has become too politically correct. Now, is it really in the spirit of the season to tell someone something in a spiteful way? I don’t think so. It is a shame that the new grinches of the season seem to be those who don’t want to share their “season” with others.

Personally, I wish that everyone had a very happy holiday season and I wish everyone a happy and prosperous new year!  

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