Fast Food Chicken Restaurant Welcomes Back Jesus

[matcom]

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A FAST food chain yesterday admitted it was overzealous in its pursuit of political correctness when it banned one of its Sydney stores from displaying a traditional Christmas nativity scene.

Last Thursday, Westfield Hornsby Oporto franchise owner Charlie Saliba was told to remove his nativity scene - depicting baby Jesus, Mary, Joseph, the Three Wise Men and a shepherd - for fear it would offend non-Christian customers.

Mr Saliba, a Catholic, said: "I am Maltese and we are very much into our Christmas decorations ... they told me take it down and I thought it was a shame because, without a nativity scene, it's not Christmas.

"I've been putting the nativity scene up for the past 3 1/2 years and have not had one complaint. I have had a lot of compliments."

Oporto chief executive Jeff Fisher had previously told The Daily Telegraph the chain supported generic decorations over nativity scenes because Australia was a multicultural society and it would be wrong to push any one religious belief.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11552235%255E13762,00.html

[Magrittes Pipe]

1. It's not so far from "loaves and fishes" to "Filet o'Fish."

I'm just sayin'.

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. He's been putting it up for 3-1/2 years?

What, he put one up in July of 2001?

Just saying.

[arwalden]

3. Good Catch!

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. Thanks!

One benefit to being such a literalist...