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I am tired of the current pile of bullshit being
shoveled out by the Religious Reich. The latest debacle is
about stores and others wishing people a Happy Holiday, instead of
Merry Christmas.
The Funnymentalists would like to look at the
world through squinty eyes, where they only see what they want to
see. As far as they are concerned, there are only Christians
in the United States, despite all evidence to the contrary.
Somehow, the Pagans, Moslems, Buddhists, Jews, Sikhs, Hindi, etc,
just don't exist, or perhaps they are actually closet Christians.
At least, that seems to be the logic of the noisy-ass Christians who
are pushing their cult down everyone else's throat.
Even the Bush Administration sent out a generic
card the other day, pissing off the official Whiny Bastard
Website...I mean, the folks at
WorldNetDaily. Apparently, the author was so incensed that
he dumped the White House Holiday missive in the Round File.
I'm going through something similar at work.
One of the high muckety mucks has announced some kind of
Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa potluck for the 23rd of December.
When I mentioned that some people celebrate the Winter Solstice, the
broad responded with "We don't do that!" So
now I'm considering wishing her a blessed Winter Solstice on the
21st, with a big, sickly sweet smile. Her attitude just really
rubs me the wrong way. As this is a new job for me, I wonder
if they had a similar attitude during Ramadan this year.
While I'm not planning on camping out at Human
Resources, my campaign is going to be a bit more subtle. I'm
going to wish people a wonderful Yule (I met another Pagan at work
yesterday - she was wearing a pentacle and I commented on it and
asked her if she was celebrating Yule this year - she got my drift).
I'm going to make sure my Goddess pendant is hanging out where
others can see it. I know she's doing the Kwanzaa
thing because she is Black.
I'm not going to let this woman pretend that they
just "don't do" Yule. Dammit, I'm doing
Yule, whether they like it or not. I shouldn't have to pretend
I'm celebrating a Christian, Jewish or African American holiday.
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