God bless Muslim tolerance
Dennis Rogers, Staff Writer
For a holiday celebrating the birth of a baby, Christmas sure can make folks testy.
Some get their knickers in a knot every year over whether clerks should say "Merry Christmas" or "happy holidays" when ringing up those iPod thingies.
Like it makes a difference!
The "Merry Christmas-or-else" crowd senses a conspiracy to demote the Baby Jesus to the status of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in the innocuous phrase, "happy holidays."
The other side can be just as annoying when they insist that school Christmas parties become generic "holiday parties" so as not to offend anyone.
Oh, please. Sorry to burst your politically correct bubble, but Christmas is about Jesus.
And Santa Claus. And fruitcake and hanging tinsel on dead trees and Frosty the Snowman and the Grinch and Jimmy Stewart and ancient pagan festivals and all the wonderfully wacky ways we make December such a grand time.
Here's my gift to you: Keep your intolerant mittens off my Christmas, and I'll do the same.
If you say "Merry Christmas" to me, the same to you, pal.
"Happy holidays," you say? Right back atcha, kiddo.
"Feliz Navidad" from you? You got it, compadre.
This week the same Christian activists who pressure merchants to say "Merry Christmas" received permission to put a Christian manger scene in Raleigh's Moore Square.
If they were looking for an attention-grabbing fight, they didn't get it. The Raleigh City Council, in quietly approving the request, showed more tolerance than the group is willing to show others.
And how's this for taking the high road? The Muslim American Public Affairs Council in Raleigh issued a statement saying local Muslims "agree with the City Council of Raleigh's decision to allow a private party to put a Christian display in recognition of the Christmas celebrations in Moore Square in Raleigh. Occasional use of public places for religious occasions should not be prohibited as long as it does not carry offensive messages or aggravations to other faiths.
"We as a society should encourage our communities to participate in religious activities that will get them closer to God and create mutual understanding among all faith groups."
Now that's a class move. Maybe we Christians who celebrate our savior's birth at Christmas could learn something from those whose religious -- and yes, nonreligious -- December traditions are different from ours.
So, if your family celebrates the birth of the Baby Jesus by going to church, God bless you.
If your idea of the perfect Christmas is a 10-point buck in your scope, happy hunting.
If Christmas has become too commercialized, bake cookies.
If you're a pagan, dance in the forest to celebrate the solstice (but dress warmly, please).
If you're Jewish, save me some latkes from the Hanukkah feast. I love those things.
If you're an atheist, volunteer to work for a Christian friend so he or she will get a day off.
Just don't try to force other people to celebrate the same way you do. That's rude.
Who knows, maybe they're right and you're wrong. Ever thought of that?
No, I didn't think so.
Have a cool yule, y'all.
See, it's the Christians demanding that their holidays be acknowledged that are the problem and moslems because they agree (for their own reasons, which we will find out in time - - - but I already have an idea of what they are going to demand in the future...) are ever so tolerant...It doesn't matter that their lack of tolerance is on display on a daily basis, on all continents, in many nations, etc...It doesn't matter to this jerk, all it matters is to kiss moslem butt...
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