Mark K. Bilbo wrote:
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 22:02:49 -0800, Laura Sanchez wrote:

Too bad Christianity doesn't return the favor.


Excuse me? It's Christians that are the only ones defending Israel and
denouncing anti-Semitism.

By refusing to add a menorah to the airport display?

If there's a choice between displaying all religions and displaying
none - and that was ultimately the choice - then the better option is
to display none.

Christmas trees are nonreligious as all obvious traces of Christianity
are removed (a nativity scene would constitute an obvious Christian
element). Christmas is in fact a federal holiday and therefore secular
(since the federal state is secular), and so to celebrate Christmas is
not, by itself, to celebrate Christianity. Of course a display that
refers not only to Christmas but also to Christ is not secular. Thus
Santa is secular and Christmas trees are secular, but the nativity
scene is not secular.

However, if it is tragically and incorrectly decided in the courts that
to display Christmas trees is to endorse Christianity, then Christmas
trees should be removed rather than overtly religious displays such as
menorahs, nativity scenes, and the like, added.

None of this harms Israel or endorses anti-semitism, so it is
orthogonal to the question of whether Christians defend Israel and
denounce anti-semitism.