I've spent Christmases all over the world - Paris, Rome and London. There was never a sense of exclusion, only an open embrace for all comers. The crèche in Piazza Navona, the lights at Notre Dame and the bells of St. Paul that are heard through the streets of London are for everyone, including those who don't worship anything.Click here to read the entire superb column by Christine Flowres.
Nutter and his narrow-minded crew may have thought that by removing the word "Christmas" from the public square they were advancing the rights of all Philadelphians: Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Rastafarians, atheists and even Republicans (a cult they usually have a problem with). But what they have ended up doing is show themselves to be slaves of the God of Political Correctness (and Feeble Thinking).
I pity them.
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Thursday, December 2, 2010
How Philly Bowed To Secular 'Gods'
And the great Christine Flowers has given her take on the whole Philadelphia Christmas imbroglio. Here's part of what Christine says in the Philadelphia Daily News:
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