(December 9, 2015 at 12:25 pm)Kingpin Wrote: PC debates always arise this time of year, because people get "offended" by words like "Christmas" or manger scenes in yards. It's a little ironic because PC is meant to be speech to make all feel inclusive, but in reality it's rephrasing to exclude that which people find offensive and in turn offending others. It's a not a "holiday" tree lighting ceremony. it's a Christmas tree lighting ceremony. It's not a holiday menora, it's a Hanukkah Menora. Call it what it is.
I agree to some degree. If the manger scene is in someone's yard, then call it what you want, I don't care how offended people get. However the government of the United States is supposed to be secular, so I understand the people getting "offended" (I don't think that's the right word) by a state sponsored religious event, because the government isn't supposed to get involved with religious events.
So a "holiday" tree lighting ceremony makes sense if the government is sponsoring it, because a "holiday" tree isn't the same thing as a Christmas tree.
