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Originally Posted by transplant99
And a decorated tree somehow implies something less than neutrality??
Give me a break. Its an absurd statement.
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You have to admit that a
Christmas tree isn't quite as innocuous as, say, a tetherball pole in the lobby. We don't all see it as a religious thing, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have some religious signifigance. It is called a Christmas tree after all, and we do put it up at Christmas as part of Christmas celebrations and Christmas is a Christian holiday.
I find it a little far-fetched that anyone would go into that courthouse and think "oh geez, I'm not a Christian, this place isn't going to be fair", but it is a Christian symbol in the lobby.
I do find it interesting that now, at least 10 years after the PC Stormtroopers started the War on Christmas, that people still get so upset about this. This is the second story this year about a public building in Canada taking down a Christmas tree. To me that says there must be hundreds, if not thousands, of public buildings in the country that have a Christmas tree up and nobody cares, but as soon as we hear one story of one tree coming down it's "goddamn political correctness is taking over this country".