From the Christian Post:
This Christmas season, whether a store greets you with “Happy Holidays” or “Merry Christmas” makes all the difference where you should do your shopping, says a Christian legal group.
Liberty Counsel is urging Christians to fight back to save Christmas from being erased from the public sphere by shopping at stores that honor instead of disregard Christmas.
The Fla.-based legal group released the first draft of its “Naughty & Nice” checklist Monday to advise consumers on which businesses to support.
Businesses and retailers are placed on the “Nice” list if they recognize Christmas and on the “Naughty” list if they censor or exclude the Dec. 25 holiday.
“Every consumer should make a list and check it twice, stop patronizing retailers which are naughty and shop at those which are nice,” said Mathew D. Staver, the group’s founder and chairman.
“Retailers which seek to profit from Christmas while pretending it does not exist should realize they have offended the vast majority of Americans who enjoy Christmas,” added Staver.
I never underestimate the religious right's ability to insult the intelligence of "the vast majority of Americans," and in my opinion they do so again with this innane campaign.
If they are so offended, perhaps they should take heed of this scripture, Proverbs 19:11
A man’s wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense.
If they want to make a naughty list, perhaps they should gather information on stores that sell merchandise made in foreign sweat shops that violate basic human rights. Perhaps they should list companies that practice discriminatory hiring policies.
Oops, forgot they are working hard to protect the right to discriminate against GLBT people.
I don't need a clerk at a store to wish me "Merry Christmas" instead of "Happy Hollidays" to understand what Christmas means, and I pity anyone whose understanding and appreciation of Christ's birthday is shallow enough for that to matter.
Christmas does not need to be protected, it needs to be celebrated. You can't force people to celebrate by boycotting their businesses. A much more effective approach is to let the light of Christ shine through us and minister to people one-on-one.
Organizing a boycott does get the press though, doesn't it?
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Must not have much else to worry about, like the people who are homeless, hungry, unemployed. Why don't these people take the money they were going to spend in the "Nasty" stores and give it to those who really need it. Now that would be nice.
ReplyDeleteAmen brother...AMEN!
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