Catholic League Calls Off Wal-Mart Boycott
A Roman Catholic civil rights group called off a boycott of Wal-Mart on Friday after the world's largest retailer apologized for an employee's e-mail that called Christmas a mix of world religions.
"This is a sweet victory for the Catholic League, Christians in general, and people of all faiths," said Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, said in a statement on the group's Web site.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Thursday that a customer-service employee named Kirby had written an inappropriate e-mail to a woman who complained that the retailer had replaced a "Merry Christmas" greeting with "Happy Holidays." It also said Kirby no longer worked for Wal-Mart.
Kirby wrote that Christmas resulted from traditions ranging from Siberian shamanism to Visigoth calendars. Full Story
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Editor's Note: While the unlucky employee that was fired probably shouldn't have said so in a corporate email that represented the entire company's policy, he is actually correct. The winter celebration that is now considered to be a celebration of Christ's birth, actually preceeds the birth of Christ by centuries. Even the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah begain long before Christ was born and was probably even celebrated by Christ himself, considering he was raised in a Jewish culture. Most biblical archaeologists also place the time of Christ's birth as sometime in Spring, so for there to be such an outcry over the sign being changed to "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" just goes to show the current climate of religious tolerance in contemporary America.
"This is a sweet victory for the Catholic League, Christians in general, and people of all faiths," said Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, said in a statement on the group's Web site.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Thursday that a customer-service employee named Kirby had written an inappropriate e-mail to a woman who complained that the retailer had replaced a "Merry Christmas" greeting with "Happy Holidays." It also said Kirby no longer worked for Wal-Mart.
Kirby wrote that Christmas resulted from traditions ranging from Siberian shamanism to Visigoth calendars. Full Story
Related: religion, wicca, pagan, christmas
Editor's Note: While the unlucky employee that was fired probably shouldn't have said so in a corporate email that represented the entire company's policy, he is actually correct. The winter celebration that is now considered to be a celebration of Christ's birth, actually preceeds the birth of Christ by centuries. Even the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah begain long before Christ was born and was probably even celebrated by Christ himself, considering he was raised in a Jewish culture. Most biblical archaeologists also place the time of Christ's birth as sometime in Spring, so for there to be such an outcry over the sign being changed to "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" just goes to show the current climate of religious tolerance in contemporary America.
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