- 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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