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The thing that offends me most in this world is people who ARE offended by everything. This minority of tyrants will probably be one of the major factors in the downfall of the United States. We are becoming a nation of nambie-pambies who allow ourselves to be pushed around by every idiot with a cause. To me, the $64,000 question is this: Is ANYBODY actually offended by a nativity scene, or is the whole thing a power play by good for nothing groups and individuals who want to see how far they can push the rest of us?

To be perfectly honest, I couldn't care less about this issue, but I've been involved in a minor version of it. A few years ago, my ex-wife rigged up a Christmas scene in the front yard. We lived in a normal, middle class housing development, and, surprisingly, one woman's attempt at some holiday spirit caused a tremendous uproar! You would have thought that we put a '63 VW Bus on blocks in the front yard! It was ridiculous, and it brought my (then) wife to tears. And that wasn't a government! It was the neighborhood ASSociation (emphasis on the first three letters), and in the next meeting a couple of those idiots turned the whole thing into a circus.

Years ago, the Madeline Murray O'Haras of the world won a big coup d'etat for the atheists, and today it's every other special interest group making decisions for the rest of us. Those who enjoy religious decorations should have the right to have-and look at-them in public areas. After all, the majority of the people enjoy Christmas and everything associated with it. Yes, that includes a great deal of people who do not regularly attend church. On the other hand, we do have freedom from religion, and that entitles the "offended parties" to turn their heads when they drive past a nativity scene or any other Christmas decoration. These traditions have been around longer than the handful of wronged loonies who want to tell the majority of us what we can and cannot do. If you enjoy anything in this world look out; somebody probably already hates you for it!

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