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marmar

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Fri Nov 16, 2012, 10:46 AM Nov 2012

Let's see if the rabid-dog Right goes after Chick-fil-A for their "War on Christmas" .....


from Right Wing Watch:




For many Religious Right groups, Christmas is not so much a time to celebrate Immanuel than it is to raise money by fomenting outrage when shops use slogans like “happy holidays.” The American Family Association has a “Naughty or Nice” list to stir up consumers to boycott companies which are “against Christmas” and yesterday Liberty Counsel announced its “Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign,” targeting public spaces which “censor” Christmas and selling their “Help Save Christmas Acton Pack.”

As Jeremy Hooper noted yesterday, it appears that the Religious Right’s most beloved fast food chain, Chick-fil-A, has indeed declared war on Christmas. In their horrific assault on Christmas, the company released a statement celebrating the “holiday season” that doesn’t once include the word “Christmas” and also pushed out a press release about “holiday gift giving,” again failing to mention “Christmas.” Even their online ads are clear affronts to Christmas!

We will wait to see whether LC or the AFA decide to be consistent with their boycott calls and paint Chick-fil-A as the season’s latest Grinch, but we won’t hold our breath, especially since Newt Gingrich, a proud foot soldier in the “War on Christmas,” escaped judgment when his company Gingrich Productions declared war on Christmas, and both LC chairman Mat Staver and AFA founder Don Wildmon endorsed him.


http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/chick-fil-a-declares-war-on-christmas



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Let's see if the rabid-dog Right goes after Chick-fil-A for their "War on Christmas" ..... (Original Post) marmar Nov 2012 OP
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But, but, but this would almost make you think Republicans are hypocrites. Scuba Nov 2012 #2
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