The American Fruitcake, err, Family Association assails Old Navy for its War on Christmas

[marmar]

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from their :crazy: website:


Old Navy blockades Christmas




You would think a company that gets the vast majority of its business from Christians would be respectful of its customers. Such is true of companies that don't have an anti-Christian bias. But not at Old Navy. Old Navy has put a blockade around Christmas.

Old Navy, Gap and Banana Republic are owned by the same company. And all three boycott Christmas. At these stores, Christmas isn't allowed because a handful of non-Christians are offended. Old Navy doesn't want to offend non-Christians. But they sure don't worry about offending Christians.

They will take your money, but they will not recognize Christmas.

Old Navy doesn't sell Christmas gifts. They sell "holiday" gifts. They don't close their stores on Christmas. They close on "holiday." They don't observe "Christmas morning," they observe "holiday morning." They don't wish customers a "Merry Christmas." They wish them a "happy holiday." Old Navy boycotts Christmas.

Old Navy has been boycotting Christmas for years. And despite thousands and thousands of requests to recognize Christmas, they refuse to do so. In fact, Old Navy is so adamant about boycotting Christmas that they have blocked incoming e-mails requesting they recognize Christmas.

When an Old Navy store manager was asked if the word "Christmas" was used in his store, he answered: "We have a lot of Christmas gifts in our stores, but the word 'Christmas' is not used here. Everything is 'holiday.'"

Old Navy even makes a joke of Christmas by offering video greetings called "Happy Chrismukkah."

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Sincerely,



Donald E. Wildmon, Founder and Chairman American Family Association

http://www.afa.net/emails/transform.asp?x=oldnavy_121207&s=browser&y=2007&m=12

[treestar]

1. What is these morans' problem with making everyone feel included?

That's the only point of the "holiday" language.

It's just a nice thing to do, not leave anyone out.

What pathetics shitwads. And they seem to feel entitled that everyone else be that way, too.

[ixion]

2. fundie xians are a real pain in the butt

after 30 years of listening to them piss and moan about everything they don't like, all the while making the world a crappier place to live for those who don't cotton to their fairy tales, I tell ya, they can all just take a flying fu*k at the moooooon.

[BlueJazz]

3. Their new Headquarters is quite Spiffy.

[AlCzervik]

4. take action, is that a euphemism for "Send AFA a donation"?

[madrchsod]

5. does anyone in his flock shop at any of these stores?

i`ll go out on a limb and say.... NO !

[knitter4democracy]

6. Now I feel better about shopping there.

Their fleece is really nice.

[madeline_con]

7. Uh, they don't know there are other "holidays" being

celebrated at the same time? Hannuka,for one.


I emailed them to say they're morans.

[Swamp Rat]

8. Donald E. Wildmon, Führer und Vorsitzender Amerikan Anti-Semetic Family Association

Those neo-Nazis shop at Wal-Fart anyway. :eyes:

[goodgd_yall]

9. Damn fundies and others

Why don't they just do their thing in the privacy of their family and/or circle of fundies and others and keep out of everyone else's business.

When I see this persistent foisting of their beliefs on everybody else, I'm reminded of my own experience as a very young schoolgirl in the South, having to say the "Our Father" the protestant way. I know that may sound very unecumenical, but in those days there was a protestant version and a catholic version. So I had these types foisting their religion on me and I never got it even then. We, as Catholics, just minded our own business and kept it as a private thing. Things have changed so even some Catholics have become part of the religious right, but back then Catholics were all about keeping private about their beliefs.