No Christmas Tree, No Christmas Tree...

The latest battle in the "War on Christmas" (Copyright 2004, Bill O'Reilly, all rights reserved) is at a Toronto courthouse, where a judge has insisted that the Christmas tree be removed from the lobby for fear that non-Christians might be offended. Ironically, some non-Christian groups are offended by the judge's belief that they would be offended:

Ontario's premier and several religious groups Thursday slammed a provincial judge's decision to banish the Christmas tree standing in a Toronto courthouse lobby because it might offend non-Christians.

"It's so stupid. I'm at a loss for words," said Muslim Canadian Congress founder Tarek Fatah. "The judge should take a trip to the rest of the world. Christmas is celebrated by Muslims in many countries -- they should ban political correctness, not Christmas trees.

"If people are offended (by a Christmas tree), I'm glad they're offended. I think it indicates a serious mental disorder when people want to bring down other people's happiness."

The group issued a press release calling on Muslims to "celebrate Christmas with their Christian cousins and light up Christmas trees to send a message to the Ontario judge that she is wrong on all counts."

"Hindus would be highly upset if another group infringed on our right to put up Hindu symbols in public," said Hindu Conference of Canada spokesman Ron Banerjee. "I think it's important that political correctness not be taken too far so that we're being crazy about it."

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It is unclear if the move was sparked by complaints from court visitors. Cohen declined to take media questions Thursday.

I bet one person complained. That's usually all it takes.

Damian P.

Posted by damian at December 15, 2006 01:52 PM