I used to wear one of those little buttons that the American Family Association (AFA) distributes every year, the ones that say something like “Keep Christ in Christmas” or “Jesus is the Reason for the Season.” Little old ladies greeting customers at Sam’s Club in Colorado Springs wore them, too. Back in high school andContinueContinue reading “How the War on Christmas lost me”
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‘Happy Holidays’ boycotting is more Scrooge than Christian
This article was originally published in The Scribe, UCCS’s student newspaper, on Dec. 2, 2013. By Eleanor SkeltonScience and Business Editor Beware the atheist and militant secularist Grinch stealing Christmas from your children. Boycott anyone who dares to sneer at the words “Merry Christmas.” Each holiday season, ultraconservative activist organizations like the American Family Association (AFA) and theContinueContinue reading “‘Happy Holidays’ boycotting is more Scrooge than Christian”