PHOENIX, Arizona, September 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) called on Arizona state and federal officials on Monday to stop enforcing a requirement prohibiting the state’s schoolchildren from expressing religious viewpoints through Christmas themes while decorating ornaments for the 2009 Capitol Christmas Tree.
Arizona was chosen this year to present 4,000 handcrafted ornaments made by elementary, middle-school, and high-school students to decorate Washington, D.C.’s annual Christmas tree.
Guidelines for the ornaments include specifications for their size, weight, composition, and the directive that “Ornaments cannot reflect a religious or political theme… Instead share your interpretation of our theme ‘Arizona’s Gift, from the Grand Canyon State.’”
In a letter to federal and state officials, including Arizona Governor Janice Brewer, ADF attorneys demanded that they abandon the discrimination against religious viewpoints.
“Banning Christmas from the Capitol Christmas tree is just absurd. Christian students shouldn’t be discriminated against for expressing their religious beliefs,” said ADF Litigation Staff Counsel Jonathan Scruggs.
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Well, it is a Christmas Tree yet no Christmas ornaments are allowed? WTF! The PC crowd wins another battle and Christians appear to be losing the war. The PC crowd tried to mess with Christmas Trees here in Winnipeg a couple of years back. The Manitoba Legislature put up a ‘Multi-cultural tree” one Christmas. A furious public backlash, including non-Christians and immigrants, jammed phones lines and radio call-inshows straightened out that completely dumb-ass idea. The a year or so later a popular shopping mall here tried the same stupid ’it’s not called a Christmas Tree’ stunt. Same reaction, again with strong condemnation from the non-Christian and immigrant community who never requested such action be taken in the first place, and those busy body PC decision makers also ran for safety with their hands covering their asses. I hope this equally stupid situation also results in strong public condemnation for the people responsible for this decsion.
Ridiculous. Simply and painfully ridiculous.