For the past few years Bill O’Reilly, others at Fox, and some in the Christian right have been charging that there is a “War on Christmas” which is part of a “secular progressive agenda” even though the original “war on Christmas” was waged by the Puritans. If there is a war going on, us “secular progressives” have received support from an unexpected source against the types of Bill O’Reilly. A coalition of religious leaders is urging the right wingers to consider a cease fire. Talk to Action reports:
Over the past few years, the “War on Christmas” — a shared project of the Religious Right and the Fox News Channel – has become as much a part of the holiday season as the showing of Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life” and Charles Schulz`s “A Charlie Brown Christmas” on television every year.
Now, after a few years of sitting on the sidelines while an assortment of conservative Christian leaders and Fox’s talking heads grinched and groaned about a so-called “War on Christmas,” some Christian leaders have decided to fight back – and they’re doing it with an interesting twist; placing the emphasis on peace and charity this holiday season.
Today, according to a press release issued yesterday by Faith in Public Life, a group of religious leaders are placing advertisements in the Washington Times and the New York Post “challenging Bill O’Reilly of Fox News and others who have lashed out against a so-called secular `War on Christmas’ to join them in a new campaign that restores a focus on the common good during this holy season.”
