War on Christmas (tm) alert! Chich-fil-A invokes the 'Holiday Season'

[ck4829]

For many Religious Right groups, Christmas is not so much a time to celebrate Immanuel than it is to raise money by fomenting outrage when shops use slogans like “happy holidays.” The American Family Association has a “Naughty or Nice” list to stir up consumers to boycott companies which are “against Christmas” and yesterday Liberty Counsel announced its “Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign,” targeting public spaces which “censor” Christmas and selling their “Help Save Christmas Acton Pack.”

As Jeremy Hooper noted yesterday, it appears that the Religious Right’s most beloved fast food chain, Chick-fil-A, has indeed declared war on Christmas. In their horrific assault on Christmas, the company released a statement celebrating the “holiday season” that doesn’t once include the word “Christmas” and also pushed out a press release about “holiday gift giving,” again failing to mention “Christmas.” Even their online ads are clear affronts to Christmas!

We will wait to see whether LC or the AFA decide to be consistent with their boycott calls and paint Chick-fil-A as the season’s latest Grinch, but we won’t hold our breath, especially since Newt Gingrich, a proud foot soldier in the “War on Christmas,” escaped judgment when his company Gingrich Productions declared war on Christmas, and both LC chairman Mat Staver and AFA founder Don Wildmon endorsed him.

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/chick-fil-a-declares-war-on-christmas

[rustysgurl]

1. It's a Multiple Holiday Season

Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa .... 'nuff said.

[pstokely]

8. and now Thanksgiving and even Halloween

nt

[OmahaBlueDog]

9. This is what I'm saying

Happy Holidays covers about 6 holidays that take place in November, December, & January

[oswaldactedalone]

2. A number of us are at battle stations

waiting for command to commence battle. Divisions include reindeer kidnap, window display destruction, and axing of Christmas trees. Cyber warfare division is tasked with demagnetizing of credit card swiping devices.

[susanna]

3. lol n/t

[Berlum]

5. Bill O'Reilly (R) is a bona fide draft dodger, like other Republicans. But...

...he never goes AWOL (R) on an opportunity to whine about the fake Republican 'War on Christmas'

[sadbear]

4. Chickfila can say whatever they want.

They've lost this customer forever. They might as well embrace the fundies now or they'll risk losing them, too.

[piratefish08]

6. holy shit - they hate Gays and the Baby Jesus? the right's heads are going to collectively explode.

[bongbong]

7. Something for facebook users to post

I don't use facebook, but this seems like a perfect thing to post there.

Very piously, write "The war on Christmas has already started" (as a teaser)... then further down give the name of the evildoer.

It's always fun to make repig heads explode.

[Renew Deal]

10. Is their chicken Halal?