I guess a Christmas Tree is a religious symbol after all

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by whell

Take THAT! All you folks who think that Christmas Trees is just a mis-applied pagan symbol, I guess you don't know what you're talking about!!

http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_221...omplex-newhall

Anybody wanna take bets about whether or not the management company were Obama voters or not?

Obama voters? Hell, they were probably Obama Administration operatives, part of the Acorn Underground!

Whell, you'll latch on to anything, won't you? Get a freakin' life, man!

And you lost so deal with it!

John

[piece-itpete]

Careful Dave - they'll be coming to revoke your party membership card

Pete

[piece-itpete]

Originally Posted by JJIII

No and yes.

[Boreas]

Oh, and how exactly does this refute the assertion that, like the holiday season itself, the Christmas tree is indeed a pagan symbol that was appropriated by the early Church to assert its ascendancy over indiginous pagan beliefs? All that's evident is the degree of success which the Church achieved.

John

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by ebacon

A good lawyer could muddy the waters by arguing that the home runs on government money and therefore performs a quasi-governmental function. As such it the home must provide its government sponsored patients some free speech/free religion rights.

But at the end of the day, yeah, I think it's a stupid debate. The person that complained to management should be ratted out and made to answer to his neighbors as to why his opinion is soooo much more important than the group that wants the tree. And you know that there was only one complainant and he's a know-it-all douchebag.

He could also argue that if the home runs on government funding, that the tree, as Whell so merrily pointed out, is a religious symbol and we have a "separation of church and state" issue on our hands.

Regards,
Dave

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Careful Dave - they'll be coming to revoke your party membership card

Pete

I possess no such cards.

My registration card reads; Independent.

Regards,
Dave

[ebacon]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

He could also argue that if the home runs on government funding, that the tree, as Whell so merrily pointed out, is a religious symbol and we have a "separation of church and state" issue on our hands.

Regards,
Dave

My recollection is that these cases, at least when there is government turf involved, get resolved by an all or nothing ruling. Either the courts say no religious symbols or, if religious symbols are allowed, then equal space has to be set aside for each group that wants space. For example they may each be allowed 1 sq yd of floor space or 2 ft of shelf space or 1 sq yd of wall space or . . .

It's silly that adults argue over this shit.

[ebacon]

Except if Objectivists wanted space. I would ask the court to burn them at the stake. hehe.

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Is it just me, or are people getting stupider every day?

Pete

If you read the comments section, it would support your observation that people are getting more stupid. What kind of perverted logic leads to the conclusion that a decision by corporate bureaucrats is the president's fault?

Regards,

D-Ray

[piece-itpete]

It's Obama's fault because the left is anti Christian, and he's the head of the party. See?

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

I possess no such cards.

My registration card reads; Independent.

Regards,
Dave

Hmmmm.... I just don't buy it

Originally Posted by ebacon

It's silly that adults argue over this shit.

Absolutely agreed!

Pete