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- ADL just issued its annual Christmas warning that America
is not a Christian nation and Christ should be given no more importance
than Chanukah, Buddha or Kwanzaa. I thought I'd write a rebuttal but couldn't
improve on my response to ADL last year.
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- The Anti-Defamation League says America has a big problem
at Christmas-time - a "dilemma". Christianity is given much
more prominence than other faiths. Jews, some African-Americans, who celebrate
Kwanzaa, and other religious minorities feel left out, as if their holiday
observances are unequal to those of Christianity.
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- ADL is launching a massive "December Dilemma"
campaign, educating public schools, government institutions, and town officials
nation wide that such "bias" in favor of Christianity is not
only unconstitutional but a grievous civil rights violation.
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- In order to make members of all religions welcome during
the holidays, ADL insists that "schools and governments . . . cannot
favor one religion over another." (See, <http://www.adl.org/PresRele/RelChStSep_90/5183_90.htm>Guidance
Offered for the 'December Dilemma' from <http://www.adl.org>www.adl.org)
Administrators should allow no more references to Jesus than to Mohammed
or Confucius. Ideally, no more Christmas trees should be displayed than
stars of David or Buddhist shrines. Only a sprinkling of Christmas carols
can be allowed, interspersed with secular "x-mas" music. ADL
says "songs which 'call on God for His blessing and contain an avowal
of divine faith' are not appropriate for public school students to sing."
Instead of celebrating Christ as Savior, ADL contends the Christmas season
should be a time to celebrate all the world's diverse paths to God.
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- Rational Balance at Christmas
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- What is a balanced policy toward minority faiths during
religious holidays? Simple. Not only America , but every nation should
allow religious groups to display their symbols in proportion to their
numbers. This month, in Israel , let Jewish symbols and practices dominate
during Chanukah. Let Moslem observances prevail in Islamic countries during
the fast of Ramadan. But in a country as Christian in origins, numbers,
and practice as America, let's not let ADL, representing the thinking of
Jews constituting less than 1% of Americans, forbid us to allow Christian
symbols to prevail during a Christian holiday season.
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- Americans of non-Christian faiths have equal rights before
the law, entitling them to unrestrained enjoyment of their religious beliefs.
But equal rights to display their symbols does not mean they have the
right to demand the same degree of public representation as the American
Christian majority. It does not mean the majority should reduce its level
of religious expression in order to equal that of the minority.
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- This policy should be as true in Israel as in the United
States . Yet, during Chanukah, ADL does not demand that Israel guarantee
just as much exposure be given to Christian or Moslem minorities. ADL
does not insist that Christian crosses be displayed alongside menorahs
at the Tel-Aviv airport, in schools, or in government offices. No, ADL
believes Israel is somehow different from America . Maybe its because
Israel is a Jewish nation, founded on the Talmud's supremacist values.
Certainly the great majority of its inhabitants are Jewish. Being the
dominant, ancestral/religious majority they claim rights to national enjoyment
of their religious values, unrestrained by requests for parity from minority
faiths.
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- So why doesn't ADL even handedly apply the same thinking
to the dominant 77% majority of Americans who claim to be Christians, also
the ancestral culture of our country?
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- It's because ADL is not really concerned with fair play
or the hurt feelings of religious minorities. Such is a manufactured "dilemma"
which ADL exploits to help achieve their real goal - taking Jesus Christ
not only out of Christmas, but out of American public life and values.
ADL wants to secularize America and the world so that Jewish supremacist
values and symbols may rule unchallenged.
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- Here's proof: in its December Holiday Guidelines for
Public Schools, ADL, with incredible audacity, advocates that the Menorah,
quintessential symbol of Judaism, replace Christian symbols in holiday
displays in public schools. ADL recommends: "For instance, on a board
filled during the winter months with images of snowflakes, candles, and
evergreen trees, it might be appropriate to add images of Santa Clause
and even a Chanukah Menorah, because the overall message is clearly a celebration
of the season not the promotion of a religious point of view. However,
a nativity scene, crucifix, or other undeniably religious symbols are not
appropriate for a public school display. . ."
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- Christmas: Non-Problem for Centuries
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- Except for increased secularism and materialism, Christmas
has been celebrated in essentially the same way for at least a thousand
years, blessing and inspiring not just Christians, but sojourners of other
religions and creeds who dwelt in Christian lands. Far from feeling discriminated
against by the prevailing Christian observances, minorities have always
understood the majority's right to such privileges. As long as their personal
rights and safety were not threatened, no dilemma existed.
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- Like so many other "problems" ADL has with
Christianity, the one now being dramatized throughout school systems and
government agencies in America has little basis in reality. This "problem"
originates primarily from Jewish complainers and the perennial "Grinch
of Christmas" - ADL.
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- Ultimately, ADL, aspiring to become the ethical guide
for government, society, and even Christians, wants Christians to worship
Christ, not in public places, where the feelings of non-believers might
be hurt. Nor in churches, which ADL would like to see invaded by homosexuals
hired through ADL-inspired "ENDA" legislation. (See, <http://www.truthtellers.org/alerts/hatebilltopdemocratagenda.htm>Hate
Bills Top Democrat Agenda) Rather, there is one place anti-Christian Jewish
activists deem suitable for Christian worship. This has been their preference
since their Bolshevik forefathers overthrew the Christian monarchy of Russia
in 1917, slaughtering millions of Christians. (See, <http://www.truthtellers.org/alerts/jewishactivistscommunism.html>Jewish
Activists Created Communism) It remained their preference in 2004 when
ADL National Executive Board member, Philadelphia D.A. Lynne Abraham had
11 Christians incarcerated for the "hate crime" of witnessing
to homosexuals. In fact, ADLled Jewish activists are now creating
"hate crimes" bureaucracies world-wide to hasten arrival of millions
of Christians to this place. What is this ADL-approved place of solitude,
reflection, and prayer?
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- You guessed it: a prison cell.
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