http://www.njdc.org/issues/detail.php?id=491&iss=2
December 15, 2005
War in Iraq, war against terrorism, war in Afghanistan, move over -- today,
House GOP leaders have decided there is a more pressing war to attend to:
the fictional war against Christmas, which apparently requires protection
for Christmas symbols. And what happened when Democrats asked that the
symbols of Chanukah be protected along with the symbols of Christmas? The
House GOP simply said "no."
This afternoon, 26 House Republicans -- together with the GOP leadership --
will be forcing the full House to vote on whether House members support the
"symbols and traditions" of Christmas, and whether they disapprove of the
utterly mythical "attempts to ban references to Christmas." Today's roll
call vote comes on the heels of a House floor debate held last night
regarding H. Res. 579, a resolution "Expressing the sense of the House of
Representatives that the symbols and traditions of Christmas should be
protected." During the debate, Democratic members asked the Republican
author of the resolution, Rep. Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), if she would permit the
symbols of Chanukah and other holidays to be included in the protection of
the resolution -- and she refused.
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