from: http://www.beliefnet.com
A White House 'Holiday'
December 7, 2005 | 9:45 a.m.
Conservative Christians who are disappointed in retail stores that wish
customers "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" are equally
frustrated with this year's White House Christmas card. Though the
White House holiday greeting is always religiously generic because it
is sent to people of all faiths, Washington Post reporter Alan
Cooperman writes that some conservative Christians feel slighted.
Cooperman reports that Joseph Farah, editor of the conservative web
site WorldNetDaily.com says that Bush "claims to be a born-again,
evangelical Christian. But he sure doesn't act like one. I threw out my
White House card as soon as I got it."
Other Christian groups are not bothered by the cards. "I think it's
more important to put Christ back into our war planning than into our
Christmas cards," said the National Council of Churches' general
secretary, the Rev. Bob Edgar, a former Democratic congressman.
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