The War On Christmas Hits Seattle Tacoma Airport..

For more than 25 years the airport has celebrated the holidays with Christmas trees over it's entrances. But overnight the Port of Seattle ordered all 15 trees removed.

"I think it's very unfortunate. Why lose the Christmas spirit? Christmas is for kids," said passenger Lisa Jones.

The Port allowed 'holiday' decorations to remain but decided to take down all the 'Christmas' trees after a Jewish religious leader complained they were offensive.

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Frankly all you DUers.....I say screw the Jewish religious leader......frankly I find it offensive that many of our television/movies shows lean towards a catholic or jewish persuasion when they want to imply a character religious affiliation...jeez how many Adam Sandler movies do that?????

As for the eight foot menorahs the tress's were allthe height of 6 ft each if they want balance then a six foot menorah is appropriate....

Anyhow I'm done.......Merry Christmas

The Christmas tree itself is a hold over from a pagan celebration, or so I've been told. It has no relationship with the birth of Christ. The church allowed it to become part of the Christmas Pageant to placate the pagan converts.

Political Correctness is being taken too far. Go to church and celebrate you religion. Celebrate the spirit of the holidays with your fellow man.

The trees were being placed there to imply endorsement of a certain religion....they were simply placed as a mainstream symbol of the holiday season....I think was the jewish rabbi and his attorney that has had the lack of tolerance and comprimise here.

I wonder how the wingnuts are going to cast this since the aggressor is their Jewish buds, and we all know we have to protect Israel at all cost, and they defiantly don't believe in J.C.

during the holiday season. We said 'Merry Christmas' and 'Happy Hannukah' to each other and nobody got their panties in a bunch. What the hell happened?

...with bitterness.

yet another thing today, we are ruining for children. pisses me off

having a Christmas tree and/or a menorah is RUINING Christmas for children.

To see trees! What if they turned the corner and saw a menorah? Oops, there goes Christmas!

christmas. not whether there is a tree, or something else but for two years now children hearing about a war on christmas and it is escalating thru out all of christmas anymore. forget the airport. forget all the particulars in this case. it is more adults acting like children, giving the poorest example how to live together, behave. instead we have to have a stupid war on christmas. and this is the example we give our children to live by. then we expect them to figure out how to get along with each other. and no, mondo joe, i have not been drinking.

I'd be proud for my kids to know about people speaking out for inclusion and fairness.

Nothing childish about that.

Oh my stars, you ACTUALLY buy into this Bill O'Reilley shit?

thank the marketers

What is going on is that people have been saying, sure put all them christam decorations, but add others, or just don't for any

It is that either political correctness or separation of church and state.

My view is... I don't give a flying you know what? We mostly don't participate in this madenss anyway

If it's a govt-area, then it shouldn't be used to push one religion over another.

Will they never learn the lessons of history?

A nice Kwanzaa acknowledgment too.

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Is this some new progressive fact I am unaware of?

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Do you have some reason to believe that the Rabbi who "complained" about the trees (asked that a menorah be added, actually) is any less of an American than you are?

Is he "simply in town", whereas this is YOUR country and not his?

I think you need to explain what you're trying to say, here.

And since when does the US distribute "Christian money"?

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America is not A "CHRISTIAN" Nation.

If you want to know why people may over-react to Xmas trees on public property, maybe you should look in the mirror and examine your own attitudes.

flamebait perhaps? Bridgit, take it back to the IP forum please.

might keep making the days shorter until there was no more light. The trees would be ignited one at a time so that travelers could see to get from the Seattle airport to the nearest Starbucks. Now they will have to "have faith" in something like fresh batteries in case daylight is coming to an end.

Political correctness has gone too far when we have to rely on bunnies for light!

It's Clinton's fault. :sarcasm:

Why didn't the Jewish Rabbi bitch in years past.....this is what makes this story ridiculous....guess he wanted 15 minutes of fame this holiday season....the Rabbi is the real Scrooge here.

is what he wanted......again 25 years and no problem and now a problem.....this Rabbi has had a year to fight his case...he just wanted to get his face in front of the cameras.....this was something that didn't have to come down to the peak of the holiday season.

He didn't ask to have the tree removed.

If they'd just put up a menorah, no one would have ever heard of him.

So WHO is it that wants the fame?

if i was running the place i would shut it down too. they are running a business. to much controversy. stop it in its tracks. that is why. why didnt the man just leave it alone. i dont think he was hurt, i think he wanted to make a political point, at others expense.

Kwanzaa, perhaps, but what other December holiday would be the "next" if one Menorah would have been put up?

For goodness sakes!

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If you want to apply NeoCon reasoning as if it's equal to rational thought, no one can EVER win.

ok for them, not for you. is this a tough one for you to understand.

What else do you suggest we pretend is equal on both sides?

Those pushy Jews, they're never satisfied. :sarcasm:

as an example of Dem PCness gone overboard, even tho the people who decided this could very well be rwers-in fact I could see some rwers doing this just to get people all upset at those PC liberals who dominate WA state politics. the overreaction really seems like a temper tantrum. "waaah! well, fine then, we'll have nothing! ha, how do you like that now?

in the mean time f*ckin with everyones christmas. couldnt be more ridiculous. and you are right. i have been telling my rw borthers that it is a made up war by rw.... now this

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ya, wink

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Christmas?

I've enjoyed Christmas for 42 years without ever seeing a Christmas tree in an airport.

Imagine my shock.

Poor guy.

Nothing like parking in short term parking for 4 bucks an hour and go touring the terminal to put you in a Christmassy mood. If there was a menorah there, it would absolutely ruin the tradition. :sarcasm:

I thought Christmas was about family and friends and gifts and eggnog.

I never knew I had to go to the god damn airport and sit on fucking Santa Pilot's lap.

I'm sorry to be so angry - I just didn't know I'd been having a second class christmas for all these years.

yet, you and mondo joe had a good ole time hitting everyone of my post with the same fabricated argument. people have had enough with this pittiness. from both sides. obviously a few still want to use christmas for their own personal political statement

Are we on the same thread?

No matter how you try to ignore it.

that is absurd

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either. but he chose to make a political battle. he is the one allowing the continuation of oreilly's smear and you are right there with him to help keep this fight going. it is how children behave. not adults.

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the same blindness of the right. but i wont be nearly as condescending and self righteous not to mention arrogant as to say i am ashamed of you or anything else for that matter. you promote the battle as you reject oreilly's war. full of hypocrisy

There is no war on Christmas.

Get over it.

of my posts with the same question.

But wanting a menorah is not the right kind of light up.

Some Reform Jews put up a tree and call it a "Hanukkah Bush". And of course it is a pagan symbol.

I've told fundies they better get rid of their tree because it's pagan. Then they look shocked.

:D

I don't want to screw any Jewish leader and Adam Sandler is moranic.

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