A War Against Christmas

There is a war against Christmas in this country. Now setting aside for a moment that we know Jesus Christ was most likely not born on December 25Th and that the holiday itself has pagan roots, the issue remains that since 1870, America has celebrated the day as a Christian holiday. That celebration has been under attack for years. Perhaps even the most liberal representatives in Congress are now beginning to understand the fight. The following report reveals a part of the price Nancy Pelosi paid in supporting a Christian ceremony:

(Washington, DC)—Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi recently confirmed to Capitol Hill missionary Rev. Rob Schenck of Faith and Action that the war against Christmas is real.

Schenck is a missionary to elected and appointed officials on Capitol Hill and was a VIP guest at the recent US Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony held on the Capitol's West Lawn, near the presidential inaugural platform that is under construction.

Following the ceremony that included traditional Christmas carols played by a US Air Force band, Rev. Schenck thanked Speaker Pelosi for keeping, as he said it, "Christ-mas" at the US Capitol, emphasizing "Christ." Speaker Pelosi politely acknowledged the remark, then pursued Rev. Schenck to tell him she had been "mugged" for doing so.

Rev. Schenck commented, "At first I didn't understand what Mrs. Pelosi was saying, so I simply nodded and thanked her again, but she repeated it emphatically. I realized the Speaker was saying she had paid a serious price politically for allowing the Christmas celebration to go on. She obviously took some political heat for it. For that, Nancy Pelosi deserves to be commended, and I made sure I did so."

Schenck also said, "The fact that Nancy Pelosi said she was assailed for allowing a Christmas observance at the US Capitol confirms the war against Christmas is not a figment of the so-called religious right's imagination. If one of the most liberal, arguably left-wing political leaders in our country, the woman third in succession to the presidency, is getting pummeled for lighting a Christmas tree and allowing Christmas carols on the lawn of the Capitol, that would qualify as a war against Christmas."

Although I am certainly not a fan of Nancy Pelosi and disagree with her on most every moral issue, I must admit that I am pleasantly surprised by her efforts on this one count. It might do us well to contact her and thank her for her stand. She can be reached at http://speaker.house.gov/contact/