if i was jewish or hindi or something other than christian

(and i am something other by the way) i would NOT wish to be forced to sing christmas carols in school. if i choose to sing them, FINE (and i DO choose to sing some). people have been saying happy holidays for YEARS, why is falwell now being MORE of an ass than usual? hey, it's the CHRISTMAS SEASON, be nicer jer...........

at work, YEARS ago, they started using 'harvest dinner' for our annual thanksgiving lunch. now THAT i think is ridiculous. one can give thanks for MANY different things and one doesn't have to thank one's GOD, they can thank their neighbor or their fish monger or their parking lot attendant. one doesn't even have to celebrate the white man's raping of the land they stole if one doesn't want to.

Falwell fighting for holy holiday He'll sue, boycott groups he sees as muzzling Christmas
Joe Garofoli, Chronicle Staff Writer
Sunday, November 20, 2005

Evangelical Christian pastor Jerry Falwell has a message for Americans when it comes to celebrating Christmas this year: You're either with us, or you're against us.
Falwell has put the power of his 24,000-member congregation behind the "Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign," an effort led by the conservative legal organization Liberty Counsel. The group promises to file suit against anyone who spreads what it sees as misinformation about how Christmas can be celebrated in schools and public spaces.
The 8,000 members of the Christian Educators Association International will be the campaign's "eyes and ears" in the nation's public schools. They'll be reporting to 750 Liberty Counsel lawyers who are ready to pounce if, for example, a teacher is muzzled from leading the third-graders in "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing."
An additional 800 attorneys from another conservative legal group, the Alliance Defense Fund, are standing by as part of a similar effort, the Christmas Project. Its slogan: "Merry Christmas. It's OK to say it."
Fanning the Yule log of discontent against what the Liberty Counsel calls "grinches" like the American Civil Liberties Union are evangelical-led organizations including the 150,000-member American Family Association. It has called for a boycott of Target stores next weekend. The chain's crime, according to the group, is a ban on the use of "Merry Christmas" in stores, an accusation the chain denies.
On his show last week, Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly offered a list of other retailers that he says refuse to use "Merry Christmas" in their store advertising.
In signing on to "Friend or Foe" this month, Falwell urged the 500,000 recipients of his weekly "Falwell Confidential" e-mail to "draw a line in the sand and resist bullying tactics of the ACLU and others who intimidate school and government officials by spreading misinformation about Christmas."............