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This is a story of Laura Bush decorating a Christmas tree, and one of the artists commissioned did a rather anti-Bush ornament.
It's nice, scandalous, and funny. It's not anti-American. People are allowed to express their opinion, and many people who think of themselves as patriots really disagree with the President. It's a free country, and people are free to hold such opinions without making them anti-American.
It's not a religion vs. secularism debate. It's a friggin' Christmas ornament. The truth is that people do nasty things, and they find any convenient excuse to do those nasty things. Sometimes, it is in the name of the country. Sometimes, it is in the name of the people. Sometimes, it is in the name of science. And sometimes, it is in the name of religion.
I grew up in the South, and hated the overly smug Christian fundamentalist religious zealotic jerks that surrounded me. When I was in college, I joined the Skeptics Society and found my self surrounded by overly smug secular fundamentalist zealotic jerks.
I really can't blame the Bushies on this one. Deborah Lawrence really can't believe that her ornament would be hung from the official White House Christmas.
Then again, why in the heck did they choose Deborah Lawrence to do an ornament in the first place. What did they expect her to do? It's like commissioning Tom Tomorrow to do the official White House Christmas cards.
Then again, who is doing the White House Christmas cards this year?
