Tag Archives: Topic: Christmas

CBN reports: “Just in time for Christmas, a group is rolling out a new marketing campaign: bus ads that embrace atheism during the holidays. The American Humanist Association revealed Tuesday that it will soon run ads on the sides of buses …

The Pantagraph reports: “The American Civil Liberties Union says it won’t fight a plan to erect a Christian nativity scene inside the Capitol Rotunda. After a month-long review, the Illinois chapter of the ACLU said Daniel Zanoza’s proposal to erect …

Orlando, FL – Liberty Counsel, a nationwide public interest civil liberties law firm, is launching its sixth annual “Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign,” pledging to be a “Friend” to those entities that recognize Christmas and a “Foe” to the Christmas censors.

The national advocacy group In God We Trust today blasted the atheist American Humanist Association for its ad campaign mocking the Christmas holiday and American’s who believe in God. The ad campaign asks, “Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness sake,” and will be placed on Washington, DC city buses.

WBAY.com reports: “The Freedom From Religion Foundation is upset after Green Bay’s City Council voted down a strict ban on all religious displays on city property, and is going to move forward with its lawsuit against the city.”

The Guardian reports: “Council leaders in Oxford have decided to ban the word Christmas from this year’s festive celebrations to make them more ‘inclusive’. But the decision to rename the series of events the ‘Winter Light Festival’ has been criticised …

The AP reports that fire departments are apparently telling some churches that applicable code prevent live Christmas trees.

MansfieldNewsJournal.com reports: . . . An activist group says an annual Nativity scene at Malabar Farm State Park violates separation of church and state and should be discontinued. The Freedom from Religion Foundation in Madison, Wisc., has asked Ohio Attorney …

The AP reports that the State General Administration has authorized a nativity display in the State Capitol along with this:  ”The other is a placard from the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Coalition that notes the winter solstice and says religion …

LifeSiteNews.com reports:  The annual battle for Christmas has begun early this year, with the announcement that the internationally known fireworks company, Grucci, has pulled out of an annual Christmas event on Long Island. Grucci made the decision in protest against …

The GreenBay Press Gazette reports: “In a 5-1 vote, the Green Bay City Council’s Advisory Committee decided to keep holiday displays secular or nonreligious on city-owned property to avoid last year’s controversy after a council member displayed a nativity scene …

The Rutherford Institute has issued this press release that indicates: “. . . Hoping to clear up confusion over the do’s and don’ts of celebrating Christmas in schools, workplaces and elsewhere, The Rutherford Institute has issued its “Twelve Rules of …

MyFox N.E. Wisconsin reports: A week after a federal lawsuit was dismissed regarding a Nativity display last year at Green Bay City Hall, Mayor Jim Schmitt Tuesday released a new proposal regarding holiday displays . . . Schmitt said that …

The Religion Clause Blog reports: “In Stratechuk v. Board of Education, South Orange Maplewood School District, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 66383 (D NJ, Aug. 29, 2008), a New Jersey federal district court upheld a school board’s holiday music policy that …

The Chicago Tribune reports: The Christmas scene on Green Bay’s City Hall came down in December. Next month a court will consider whether it should have gone up at all. The federal court in Green Bay will hear arguments next …

The Thomas More Law Center has issued this press release that begins: “Tomorrow, July 31st at 10:00AM EST, a New Jersey Federal Court will hear oral arguments in a legal challenge to a public school district’s policy totally banning Christmas …

Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund have filed a petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit asking the full court to review the case of a student who was censored for expressing a religious viewpoint as …

Earlier this afternoon, this press release was issued by ADF. It begins: Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund sent a letter Thursday to officials in the Wisconsin town of Peshtigo, reassuring them that public displays of nativity scenes are constitutional.  …

ADF’s latest press release (12.14.2007) is available here. It reports:   Queen Creek officials recently decided to rename their community’s Christmas tree, which was donated by a local family, a “holiday tree.” The tree, which stands outside city hall, is …

The Jerusalem Post is carrying this story discussing the controversy over Christmas displays on public property. It mentions efforts of ADF and Liberty Counsel. Meanwhile, the San Diego Tribune is carrying this story, that quotes ADF attorney Douglas Napier, titled: …

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 God rest you weary separatists Let nothing you dismay Remember how your thin-skinned hurt made Christmas go away To save us from religion’s snare And keep the creche at bay Oh tidings of bah and humbug, …

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 As Jordan explains in his post, the ACLU and its allies have a new spin on their anti-Christmas bias: “Christmas defenders should just shut up.” That’s right, those bastions of free and open public debate have …

ADF Attorney Mike Johnson appeared (38 min – mp3) on Point of View radio to discuss the battle over Christmas expressions. Visit ADF’s Say Christmas website.

ADF Attorney David French has this new post over at the National Review Phi Beta Cons Blog. David begins: I

So let me get this straight. It constitutes a grave violation of the First Amendment to name a multi-week public school break using the name of a holiday historically celebrated by the vast majority of the students for two days during that period.