And they can't fire her... pretty funny. It sucks that she doesn't care about her students though.

I think it just proves how ridiculous some of those law students are, and that they think the world revolves around them ;) Of course we live in a state that is super religious, and mostly of the Mitt Romney variety, but I'm a Christian Protestant and even I couldn't believe the Christmas trees and other decorations in public buildings. In a private business or home, sure, but on government property I find it questionable. Where I work they used to close from Christmas to New Years, and now if people want to work (other than Christmas and New Years Day) they can. I was the only person scheduled to cover the office today and that's fine, heck I would've worked yesterday as long as I could attend a morning service.

No matter where I lived, I would go by the "when in Rome, do as the Romans do" philosophy.

True, but lets not pretend that they were God less heathens that worshipped the sun.

No, I would be happy just to be alive. Besides a lot of those countries ban Christianity anyway.

Well, lots of Chinese are Christian, at least in this part of the world, so yeah, they'll celebrate Christmas.

BARF


Since when did the government start sending out carolers?


Holy Shit you're a GRINCH!

BARF!

I hope your bleeding heart liberal approach to Christmas never gets realized.

What?!?

Seems your just like the students that expect the world to revolve around their faith, and can't understand or respect the observances of another - I'm sure the students were informed well in advance that she'd be taking days of for religious reasons, and if those students weren't smart enough to make arrangements to allow for this then it reflects poorly on them not the professor.

It's a shame that more don't follow that philosophy, and accept a pluralistic view of faith in society... of course I suspect that wasn't your point.

Apparently you missed the WWE Christmas event coverage in Iraq then...

It cracks me up everytime he gets y'alls goats with his outlandish statements.

If you see a 450lb WWE Superstar in shorts, are you really going to say something to him? SRSLY. Plus, it was an American event, attended by Americans. I don't think they paraded around Baghdad in their wresting costumes.

... and I hope to God that more jackasses like you come around to her "liberal" approach of accommodation, respect, or empathy when it comes to accepting that not everyone is exactly like you.

It's Christmas which is a time to reflect upon the birth of Christ and what he meant for the world - "Peace on Earth" and "Respect for your fellow man"... and to me that means respecting that not even all Christians celebrate Christmas the same way or at the same time, and to respect that just as I hope they respect my religious practises.

So when the big Christmas dinner rolls around and all the family and friends gather it means as a gracious and respectful host I take steps to ensure that people with different dietary needs are accommodated and that people of different faiths/denominations aren't left-out ~ it's just expected of a good host... and you can make of that what you will when the same principle is applied at all levels of society.

Probably - I got a mouth and I'm opinionated, and I can't stand the WWE or the values it promotes... and I have said so in the past (of course he was in a suit at the bar).

... and graciously broadcast as well for stations and posts that couldn't personally attend - so everything was fine as long as no Iraqis bothered to watch TV ;)

If you don't like it, don't watch it.

This is like that woman that tried to get Touched By An Angel taken off the air - THERE ARE OTHER CHANNELS. If the Playboy Channel is against your values, DON'T WATCH IT.

They were in my local courthouse for a week this year.

Not really... I like holiday programming as much as the next person and my own house is pretty decked out. I'm not advocating that we get rid of any of it, but that we consider how much it is out there when we make the decision to let the GOVERNMENT put up decorations that advocate specific beliefs ... the problem I have is when GOVERNMENT money and GOVERNMENT personnel start trying to make the GOVERNMENT support only one religious faith's holiday.

And I'm failing to see how your point that most of "those countries" ban christianity anyway addresses my hypothetical anyway. It is a hypothetical, so use your imagination. I think that many of us think we would be fine being a minority religion and wouldn't want acknowledgment of our faiths, but I think that the simple fact that so many people are so reluctant to give up ANY acknowledgment of a majority religion is a perfect demonstration of how personal religious practice is and how frustrating it is when there are obstacles. If you think that making symbolic acknowledgments of a minority religion is a problem, I'd hate to think how you'd cope with living in a country that all but ignored your beliefs, but required you to make concessions for others' religious practices more convenient.