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From My Northwest:
- Army Tells Soldiers Not To Say “christmas”
FOX News reported: Don’t say Christmas. That’s the message that was conveyed to a group of soldiers at Camp Shelby by an equal opportunity officer from the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute, according to a soldier who attended a recent...
- Ho Ho Ho: Australian Imam At Country’s Largest Mosque Issues Fatwa Against Muslims Saying “merry Christmas”
From Adelaide Now:AN IMAM at Australia’s biggest mosque has issued a fatwa against Christmas, warning followers it is a ”sin” to even wish people a Merry Christmas. The ruling, which followed a similar lecture during Friday prayers at...
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Slips Quietly Into Big Island Resort
Hawaii Reporter:News that President Barack Obama arrived in Hawaii this weekend to join his wife Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha in time for a Christmas holiday has been covered by news media worldwide.The first family and their friends have been...
- Why We Need Christmas
Unless you’ve been living in an Al-Qaeda cave somewhere, you should be aware of what has been called the ‘War on Christmas’. The War on Christmas is the attempt to secularize Christmas in response to complaints – real or imagined – from religious...
- Why We Need Christmas
Unless you’ve been living in an Al-Qaeda cave somewhere, you should be aware of what has been called the ‘War on Christmas’. The War on Christmas is the attempt to secularize Christmas in response to complaints – real or imagined – from religious...
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Best Buy Has No Problem Wishing Muslims "Happy Eid al-Adha", But For God's Sake, There Will Be No Christmas
From My Northwest:
Three years ago, electronics retail giant Best Buy was in the middle of the "War on Christmas" controversy.
A company spokeswoman - Dawn Bryant - announced they would not use the word "Christmas" in their advertising: "We are going to continue to use the term holiday because there are several holidays throughout that time period, and we certainly need to be respectful of all of them."
Hmm... so mentioning "Christmas" in its advertising is somehow disrespectful of other holidays? They have since started using the word Christmas in some ads - but it's very limited. The American Family Association lists Best Buy as a company that "marginalizes Christmas" .
But this weekend, we learned a bit more about Best Buy's bizarre corporate logic toward Christmas and other holidays. Here is the advertising circular that was in Sunday newspapers all across the nation - including the Seattle Times.
Best Buy - the company that will not allow the words "Merry Christmas" in its advertising - has no problem wishing people a "Happy Eid al-Adha" - an important Muslim holiday.
No "Happy Thanksgiving" - although there is a directive to shop online on Thanksgiving Day. Merry Christmas is not allowed in their ads. But Eid al-Adha? Let's all celebrate with a plasma TV!
Listener Neal brought this ad to my attention. He wrote: "This makes my blood boil that they will go out of their way to have a Muslim festival recognized that has nothing to do with their sale and then they won't even acknowledge or give a Thanksgiving Day well wishing."
Let me be clear: I think the whole "War on Christmas" controversy is overblown. But I cannot wrap my brain around a company that shuns Christmas while embracing Eid al-Adha.
Political correctness sure does inspire inconsistent, hypocritical lunacy.
- Army Tells Soldiers Not To Say “christmas”
FOX News reported: Don’t say Christmas. That’s the message that was conveyed to a group of soldiers at Camp Shelby by an equal opportunity officer from the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute, according to a soldier who attended a recent...
- Ho Ho Ho: Australian Imam At Country’s Largest Mosque Issues Fatwa Against Muslims Saying “merry Christmas”
From Adelaide Now:AN IMAM at Australia’s biggest mosque has issued a fatwa against Christmas, warning followers it is a ”sin” to even wish people a Merry Christmas. The ruling, which followed a similar lecture during Friday prayers at...
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Slips Quietly Into Big Island Resort
Hawaii Reporter:News that President Barack Obama arrived in Hawaii this weekend to join his wife Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha in time for a Christmas holiday has been covered by news media worldwide.The first family and their friends have been...
- Why We Need Christmas
Unless you’ve been living in an Al-Qaeda cave somewhere, you should be aware of what has been called the ‘War on Christmas’. The War on Christmas is the attempt to secularize Christmas in response to complaints – real or imagined – from religious...
- Why We Need Christmas
Unless you’ve been living in an Al-Qaeda cave somewhere, you should be aware of what has been called the ‘War on Christmas’. The War on Christmas is the attempt to secularize Christmas in response to complaints – real or imagined – from religious...