If I told you that a state had amended its Constitution to specifically deny your religion from possibly being recognized by the courts AND that it had changed the name of a state sponsored parade that celebrated one of your holidays from being specifically religious to one that is just a "Holiday Parade", which would you say is more discriminatory?
Well, if you're from Oklahoma, the parade name change is "like Christianity is the one to take the boot" while amending the Constitution is just good politics. SEN Inhofe, the Senior Senator from Oklahoma and erstwhile crazy has refused to participate in the parade now that it is no longer the "Christmas Parade of Lights" but instead the "Holiday Parade of Lights". Grethen Carlson goes out of her way to make him sound less bigoted in the interview posted below, but unfortunately, Inhofe has been known to open his mouth outside the revered halls of FOX News and has said the following as well:
Lest you think this is a flash in the pan, Inhofe also attempted to block the nomination of a Federal Judge for being a "secret muslim" because he wrote in an opinion that legally, invoking "Allah" instead of "God" did not count as sectarian prayer. (As someone who speaks Arabic, I can vouch--Allah just means God.)
In closing (wow, worst segue ever), there is no "War on Christmas" and Christians are not a persecuted minority in America. Every Winter we go through this charade that if the Government or people aren't actively promoting Christianity, then there is somehow a war on them. Get over it. Christians in Iraq? They are persecuted. Bahia's in Iran? They are persecuted. Christians in Oklahoma? They are decidedly NOT persecuted.
Well, if you're from Oklahoma, the parade name change is "like Christianity is the one to take the boot" while amending the Constitution is just good politics. SEN Inhofe, the Senior Senator from Oklahoma and erstwhile crazy has refused to participate in the parade now that it is no longer the "Christmas Parade of Lights" but instead the "Holiday Parade of Lights". Grethen Carlson goes out of her way to make him sound less bigoted in the interview posted below, but unfortunately, Inhofe has been known to open his mouth outside the revered halls of FOX News and has said the following as well:
I for one, I know it’s not politically correct to say it, but I belief in racial and ethnic profiling. I think if you’re looking at people getting on an airplane, and you have X amount of resources to get into it, you need to get at the targets. …
When you hear that not all Middle Easterners or Muslims between the ages of 20 and 35 are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims or Middle Easterners between the ages of 20 and 35, that’s by and large true.
Lest you think this is a flash in the pan, Inhofe also attempted to block the nomination of a Federal Judge for being a "secret muslim" because he wrote in an opinion that legally, invoking "Allah" instead of "God" did not count as sectarian prayer. (As someone who speaks Arabic, I can vouch--Allah just means God.)
In closing (wow, worst segue ever), there is no "War on Christmas" and Christians are not a persecuted minority in America. Every Winter we go through this charade that if the Government or people aren't actively promoting Christianity, then there is somehow a war on them. Get over it. Christians in Iraq? They are persecuted. Bahia's in Iran? They are persecuted. Christians in Oklahoma? They are decidedly NOT persecuted.
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