It's About Time

It's about time we start taking Christmas back.

You lefties in Madison,

God bless you and have a Merry Christmas !

From the Appleton Post Cresent


Posted December 21, 2007

Christmas makes a comeback nationwide
Green Bay not alone in church-v.-state debate
By Wendy Koch USA Today
Christmas fervor is prompting more communities this year to buck secular efforts to take down Christmas trees or nativity scenes.

Some removed the symbols from public property because of complaints about legality but later put them back. Missouri State University in Springfield re-erected a Christmas tree after a public outcry about its removal, and Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland ordered two state parks to restore nativity scenes.

"More and more people are feeling empowered" to protest the absence of Christian symbols, says Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League. He says more than 95 percent of Americans celebrate Christmas.

Among the flash points:

Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt cast a tie-breaking vote in the City Council on Wednesday to keep a nativity scene along with a Santa Claus, reindeer and two Christmas trees on the roof of City Hall. The council put on hold requests for other symbols, including a pole for Festivus, a holiday popularized by TV's "Seinfeld."

The Wisconsin Assembly voted to rename the Capitol's balsam fir a "Christmas" tree. It became a "holiday" tree in 1985. The state Senate has not voted.

In Fort Collins, Colo., the City Council rejected a task force's suggestion that decorations be secular only.

In Columbiana, Ala., Mayor Allan Lowe countered a complaint about the city's nativity scene with a policy allowing seasonal displays on public property.

In Hyde Park, N.Y., a Jewish group rescinded its request to remove a nativity scene after residents complained, says Pompey Delafield, a city supervisor.

"The state shouldn't have a Christmas anything," says Annie Laurie Gaylor of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, based in Madison. "It's not supposed to observe religious holidays."

The Supreme Court has ruled that a nativity scene cannot stand by itself on public property.

Gaylor says she's gotten e-mails calling her "horrible" names. She adds: "'Grinch' would be mild."