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Baron endorsed Speedieg

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cpier14 endorsed Neo_NtheMatrix

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poee

v No

The only "war" on Christmas in America is the full commercialization of what was once a pagan holiday reformed into a Christian holiday -- and now recast as a monument to the Cult of Consumerism. Considering Christ's actual teachings, this ever-expanding, calendar-eating "holiday" is a perverse joke.

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warwil630 voted

v Yes
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PaulUK2901 endorsed Speedieg

v No
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MarkColwell endorsed LALibertarian

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Scrpnhog voted

v Yes
May 22

alexpinca

v No

We have so much trouble being tolerant of so many things...I wish we could give each other a little slack regarding religion. While I'm not to enthused about aggressive religions, I try to be tolerant.

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May 19
mariuch voted

v No
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May 19
Gatnos voted

v Yes
May 19
GunPolitics voted

v Yes
May 19
LEC endorsed Speedieg

v No
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May 19
DesignerLM voted

v Yes
May 19
Fab2012 voted

v No
May 18
doggie_luv voted

v Yes
May 18
sillybilly1b voted

v Yes
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RobG endorsed Bobolinsky

v Yes
May 17
Jmotofreak72 voted

v Yes
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May 17
DrSilicon voted

v Yes
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May 17
buckilaked voted

v Yes
May 16

MrEthiopian

v No

Only if your a member of the Westboro baptist church and people are telling you your a demented fack that acts more like a satanist then a true Christan.

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May 16
Bill2E endorsed Neo_NtheMatrix

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Obsidion voted

v Yes
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littlewolf8469 voted

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May 15
sspphoto endorsed Ashstop

v Yes
May 15
DanielZ endorsed DrFunkenstein

v No
May 15

NoAmnestyEVER

v Yes

ABSOLUTELY! Except that it's not a war on Christmas, it's a was on Christians. Liberals will not be satisfied until every mention of God is removed from a country that was founded by Christians and is based on Judeo Christian principles.

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May 13
sunnyt voted

v Yes
May 12
rangerjeff voted

v No
May 12
Fyi1957 endorsed Neo_NtheMatrix

v Yes
May 12
DennyinFLA voted

v Yes
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May 12
Brogan voted

v Yes
May 12
Proeducation voted

v No
May 12
TBToyia voted

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May 11
Gumbeaux voted

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May 11

Pete-o

v No

Just another dreamed up controversy by Fox News for ratings, they march it out every year to get their thoughtless followers riled up.

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May 10
SummerNights voted

v Yes
May 10

Yobyag

v No

There is no war. Only over sensitive people who think that wanting some level of church/state separation is tantamount to taking away their Constitutional rights.

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May 9
LilliB voted

v Yes
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May 9
Bill voted

v Yes
May 9
GodlessLiberal voted

v No
May 9
oldtimer2 endorsed gammler

v Yes
May 8
Reidabsher voted

v Yes
May 8

harold_lloyd

v No

This is just something fundamentalists do to stay in the news. Anyway, "Merry Christmas" is a lot easier than, "Have a satisfying non-denominational holiday.

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May 8
Pisces42 voted

v No
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May 7
nagydonnac voted

v Yes
May 7

noahsmith37

v No

There is a push to remove certain religious elements from the Government. However as we are supposed to follow Separation of Church and State that is a good thing. The country was founded by people who were running from Religious persecution in England (because they were not religious enough). Also, the majority of the population are not that religious, so there is just less emphasis.

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May 7
Aaron262 voted

v No
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May 7

URBS

v Yes

Just look around. The war is against religion not just Christmas.

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poee

v No

The only "war" on Christmas in America is the full commercialization of what was once a pagan holiday reformed into a Christian holiday -- and now recast as a monument to the Cult of Consumerism. Considering Christ's actual teachings, this ever-expanding, calendar-eating "holiday" is a perverse joke.

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May 22

alexpinca

v No

We have so much trouble being tolerant of so many things...I wish we could give each other a little slack regarding religion. While I'm not to enthused about aggressive religions, I try to be tolerant.

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May 16

MrEthiopian

v No

Only if your a member of the Westboro baptist church and people are telling you your a demented fack that acts more like a satanist then a true Christan.

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May 15

NoAmnestyEVER

v Yes

ABSOLUTELY! Except that it's not a war on Christmas, it's a was on Christians. Liberals will not be satisfied until every mention of God is removed from a country that was founded by Christians and is based on Judeo Christian principles.

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May 19

mariuch

What about our country is based on Judeo Christian beliefs that other religions do not believe in? This sounds kinddd of like more prejudice to me

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May 19

NoAmnestyEVER

@mariuch - How many days do you have? We can start with the Declaration of Independence... âWe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed "by their Creator" with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happinessâ¦â If you need any more of the million or so examples let me know.

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May 19

mariuch

@NoAmnestyEVER Okay, let me try to clarify.What about that specific quote that YOU gave as evidence do you think someone who pratices Islam or Buddhism or even an Agnostic would argue with?

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May 22

alexpinca

I don't speak for any liberal other than me but I have no problem whatsoever with Christmas, Christians or any other religion....that is why I oppose religion in the public square, because it excludes other religions.

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May 11

Pete-o

v No

Just another dreamed up controversy by Fox News for ratings, they march it out every year to get their thoughtless followers riled up.

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May 19

mariuch

Yes!!!!! THANK YOU!

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May 10

Yobyag

v No

There is no war. Only over sensitive people who think that wanting some level of church/state separation is tantamount to taking away their Constitutional rights.

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May 8

harold_lloyd

v No

This is just something fundamentalists do to stay in the news. Anyway, "Merry Christmas" is a lot easier than, "Have a satisfying non-denominational holiday.

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May 7

noahsmith37

v No

There is a push to remove certain religious elements from the Government. However as we are supposed to follow Separation of Church and State that is a good thing. The country was founded by people who were running from Religious persecution in England (because they were not religious enough). Also, the majority of the population are not that religious, so there is just less emphasis.

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May 7

URBS

v Yes

Just look around. The war is against religion not just Christmas.

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May 19

mariuch

"The war" is called separation of Church and State I believe

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May 19

URBS

@mariuch no where in the Constitution does it say anything about this so called Separation of Church and State. Remember the part about Freedom of Religion? That one is in the Constitution.

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May 19

mariuch

@URBS okay so freedom of religion... but only if its yours? You completely contradict yourself there, sir.

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May 20

URBS

@mariuch Please point out where I contradict myself. I no where mentioned any specific religion in fact I expanded the original concept of being a war on Christmas to be a war on religion. Please point out what, "My Religion" is and where I stated it. I could care what religion we are talking about but to deny that there is a war against religion is to deny what is obvious even to the most casual observer.

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May 4

scotta

v Yes

If it is a Christain related holiday it is under fire.

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May 4

Gunsandtrucks

v Yes

The liberals are getting out of control with it

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May 3

martydotcom

v No

A war. It's only May! Politix is suffering from premature argumento

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May 2

oldman75

v No

When I open my mail in February it seems like I am losing the war,if there is one . Gifting four generations tends to strain my budget .

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Apr 30

Roco

v No

What's at war is the fact the Christmas is too materialistic. Christmas store decorations start going up around the end of September. It's all about buy this or buy that. If you don't, the economy will suffer.Christmas isn't even celebrated for the birth of Christ anymore. Why don't they just celebrate Christmas all year round?

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Apr 30

Mr_me

v Yes

Of course it real but its more of a war against freedom of religion. If someone wants to tell me merry Xmas. Then I say thank you and wish them a merry Christmas if that hurts their feelings I don't care. I'm entitled to my beliefs same as they are.

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Apr 29

Companion101

v No

No. Although the true meaning of Christmas is lost to most. It is something that is here to stay. It has been turned into a marketing campaign. But honestly, what hasn't. My children see toy commercials that are preposterously elaborated and i have to tell them daily that they "plane doesn't actually fly " or "the stuffed animal doesn't really move and talk like that" If anything needs to be banned it's false advertising on children's commercials. I'm not a religious person in the political correct sense, but I celebrate Christmas. The meaning is an honorable one . But if I were to speak out against Christmas then I would have to speak out against Halloween as well...

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Apr 29

Companion101

I noticed the majority of the yes's don't have any comments. How peculiar.

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Apr 28

hoodathunkit

v No

It's ridiculous to claim there is a "war on christmas". Christmas is advertised everywhere before thanksgiving day...stores have christmas crap on the shelves, christmas music is on the radio and in businesses, people have their yards decorated with christmas lights and displays, and everybody wants donations to help everybody from poor people to people on unemployment to people on welfare to the under-privileged children of US senators. Christmas occurs at the the same time as other religious holidays, get over it when somebody says "happy holidays"...nobody is stopping you from replying with "merry christmas".

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Apr 25

NoGoodLiberal

v No

It's just another way for Christians to pretend to be persecuted. When I was growing up I went to a Christian school, and they always told us how the world was evil and was against us. It wasn't until I grew up that I realized the vast majority of the country is Christian. Obviously, Christmas is the biggest holiday of the season. Why do they pretend it isn't?

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Feb '13

ZombieMedic

v Yes

It's political correctness run amok. All religions are a bit silly, but there should be freedom of religion and expression in this country, which supposedly has the first amendment protecting it, yet everyday it seems individual rights are being beaten down by the clueless masses.

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Jan '13

correct

v Yes

Christmas was invented by Catholics inferring MAS and that is a diabolical ploy to promote Catholicism what is a lie. Mary was a surrogate mother of Jesus Christ not the mother of God for God has no beginning or end Jesus Christ is God and He simply transformed Himself from Spirit into the form of man into the womb of Mary as an embryo , There is No biological connection or match with the DNA of Jesus and Mary. Catholic's are evil!

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Dec '12

Neo_NtheMatrix

v Yes

Just look at most of the comments on this site and you can see that not only is the war on Christmas real, so is the war on Christians. Some won't even admit that this is a Christian nation. How far have we fallen?

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Dec '12

Speedieg

v No

No, not in any way shape or form. Christmas dominates everything from Nov through Dec in the US.

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Dec '12

LALibertarian

v No

The war on Christmas is a myth. I'm tired of hearing, "Don't take Christ out of Christmas." Educated individuals know that the 'X' literally is a shorthand for Christ, a symbol if you will. There is no war. There is no one who is wanting to dismantle the ideological of Christmas--which is the spirit of giving. Lastly, Christians must stop arrogantly claiming false wars against Christianity, especially until they are themselves removed from the war (by living a correct life, walking in love, mercy, and grace, being non-judgemental, etc.).

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Dec '12

DrFunkenstein

Treaty of Tripoli was signed by ALL of the founding fathers, passed congress with 100% of the vote states clearly this is NOT A CHRISTIAN NATION. This is not a Christian nation no matter how much you wish it were.

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Dec '12

DrFunkenstein

v No

It's like claiming there is a war on marital sex because you aren't allowed to have sex in a public park in front of a crowd. This is just a propaganda ploy to make Christians feel like they are being oppressed when someone dares say "Happy Holidays". Christmas was banned from the beginning of the United States until the late 1880's by the CHRISTIAN CHURCH, so at one time there was a war on Christmas and the Christians lost but they were the ones that won but they lost but they won but they lost...........

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Dec '12

get_involved

v Yes

It's all about political correctness and it's ruining the country. I'm close to being a athiest but I have no problem with Christmas being celebrated since the "majority" of Americans believe in Christ. When did "minority" rule start???

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Dec '12

DerivePI

@DrFunkenstein - The Treaty of Tripoli was superceded less than a decade later with the "not a Christian nation" clause excluded. Evenso, your point is still valid. However, Christmas is a national Christian holiday. The Christmas tree, gift giving and even Santa Claus is part of the Christian tradition and folklore. For people that have a religious issue with Christmas, feel free to treat it like any other day that you have off. I would compare it to Christians that have problems with Holloween - just don't participate. If you decide to participate, show some respect to the history and tradition being celebrated. The Christians who founded this nation recognize...

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Dec '12

DrFunkenstein

@DerivePI. There was no change to the treaty if Tripoli, what insane website did you get that from? The tree dates back to ancient Egypt, Santa Claus is not anywhere in the Bible and gift giving dates back to Roman culture. Try reading up on Mithra, Dionysus, Attis, Krishna, Osiris, Horus, Zoroaster or any of the other thousands of men that all lived before Jesus supposedly lived that all share the same life story as Jesus. All born to a virgin under a bright star with 3 kings at his birth, all were child teachers that ran the money changers out of the temple, all walked on water, changed water into wine, sight to the blind, raised the exact same man Lazarus from the ...

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Dec '12

Fishbone345

v No

It's a refurbished holiday. The Pagans started it.

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Dec '12

Realthinker

There is a war on Christians. It is called Christophobia and it is just as bigoted as racism.

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