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December 19, 2006

The Profitable "War on Christmas"

Christian groups are raking in the dough - and hoping to expand their membership lists - this year by playing up the supposed "War on Christmas." Buttons, bumper stickers, pins, magnets, and "Christmas packs" are selling in the hundreds of thousands. Anita Staver, president of Liberty Counsel, says Christmas is a good time for Christian groups to do outreach because people "sit up and take notice" when something is affecting Christmas. The hope is that those people will then "look at the other issues we're involved in," such as gay marriage and abortion. The Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, calls the "War on Christmas" a "fund-raising scam … in the worst sense – it's fighting something that doesn't even exist." Groups plan to repeat their effort this spring when the country takes up the "War on Easter."

Posted by Becky at December 19, 2006 10:49 AM