Eric Yost writes: : Andreas quoted the NY Times: Religious : conservatives are using Christmas for a political : purpose: as a cudgel to push the prayers and : displays of their own form of Christianity into : public spaces, including public schools, and to : make America more like a theocracy. : : ________ : : That may well be, but it's still no reason to : embrace the global corporate generic "holiday." Right. The solution is to say "Skoal Yule" or "Io Saturnalia". -- Peter D. Junger--Case Western Reserve University Law School--Cleveland, OH EMAIL: junger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx URL: http://samsara.law.cwru.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html