Christmas trees, menorahs, and the colors red, green, silver, and blue have been deemed inappropriate for college campuses this holiday season, at least according to an official at the University of Minnesota. Only general decorations and party themes such as “winter celebration” were allowed at the University’s College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS) “Respecting Religious Diversity” event this month.
In an almost unbelievable act of Christmas time stinginess, this holiday season the American Humanist Association went to court in Colorado in an effort to stop public school children from volunteering for a program that sends care packages to children in need.
The Department of Veteran Affairs bans employees at its Salem, Virginia facility from saying “Merry Christmas” to veterans.
The City of Sioux Falls threatened to repaint and censor snowplows with artwork celebrating the religious nature of Christmas.
Wisconsin’s Department of Administration apparently doesn’t know that it is constitutionally permissible for the government to have a tasteful Christmas display.
Governor Chaffee was embarrassed when a flash mob showed up to the lighting of his Holiday Tree and defiantly sang “O Christmas Tree.” To avoid a repeat this year, he announced the lighting ceremony only 30 minutes before it happened.
Despite Benjamin Franklin’s command, as founder of the Post Office, to “always live jollily; for a good conscience is a continual Christmas,” the carolers have fallen victim to the ridiculous policy that you are not allowed to sing Christmas carols on government property.
This year’s Ebenezer went to Philadelphia Deputy Mayor, Richard Negrin, for forcing the “Christmas Village” to take “Christmas” off its traditional entry archway and replace it with the word “Holiday”.
This court house had a holiday display consisting of a Loch Ness Monster, a woodpecker and a fire truck, and showed no symbol of any known holiday being celebrated anywhere in the world this December.
Wilson Bradshaw won this year for first canceling all holiday festivities and decoration at FGCU. He later reversed his decision after getting much unwanted national attention and criticism.
This year, the Ebenezer went to Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, for protesting a church-sponsored shoe giveaway.
Mayor Daley removed the film The Nativity Story from the Christmas festival. He later announced that he was reversing a previous decision announced by his office, and scenes from the film would be allowed to play at the festival
Mr. Pashkin filed a federal lawsuit against the Town of Huntington’s neutral, harmless holiday display, which consists of a Christmas tree, menorah, crèche, and Peace on Earth sign.
This school “banned” a stage production of A Christmas Carol because the school feared it would violate the constitutional separation of church and state.
The school system’s policy allows the display of Jewish menorahs and the Muslim star and crescent, but not a Christian nativity scene.
They tried to shut down “Mothers, Inc.,” a Christian-based charity run by Brenda McCormick that distributes Christmas and Thanksgiving turkeys and other food, as well as household items, clothing and toys to the poor and needy.
In 2001, a council decided to replace the “peace tree,” or the Christmas tree, with a “peace banner” and to remove Santa from their tree lighting ceremony.
This city manager of Eugene, Oregon, issued a five-page, single-spaced memo banning Christmas trees from any “public space” in the city.