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To: DMaA who wrote (89570)	12/7/2004 11:25:00 AM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 793939

Who thinks it's an attack on Christmas? I thought that's what we were talking about. <<How in GODS NAME can ANYONE feel it is APPROPRIATE to remove CHRIST from CHRISTMAS?>> Message 20828711 So if you're not talking about an attack on Christmas, just who or what are you referring to as being attacked by your "cultural aggressors?" <<The cultural aggressors are demanding that nothing happen in December that HAS a religious component unless it is confined to a religious ghetto.>> The controversy was over who was being excluded - ie. Christians. Christians are the object of the aggression? Do you think that any fewer than 90% of 370,000 people who were part of that parade were Christians? Pretty hard to be excluded when you make up the vast, vast majority of the participants. If someone stages an event with a theme, participants are expected to conform to that theme. If you attend to a softball game, you are expected to either play softball or watch the game and cheer for the players. Otherwise, you don't attend. If some people show up and set up a volleyball net, they are being rude and offensive. If some people show up and start singing La Traviata, they are being rude and offensive. It is not that volleyball or opera afficionados are being excluded. They are welcome. But the theme of the event is softball and in softball they should be participating while at the event. So I will rephrase my question. What is the problem for Christians with a secular parade of lights on December 4? How is that cultural aggression? What basis do "Christians" have to command a religious agenda at every event held during the month of December or to frame every event held in December as inherently a Christmas event? Can you explain that to me?