But a New York Times profile of Desirée Rogers, the currently embattled White House social secretary, suggests there was at least some discussion about backing away from Christmas tradition this year -- not as it involved the tree, but a Nativity scene.
When former social secretaries gave a luncheon to welcome Ms. Rogers earlier this year, one participant said, she surprised them by suggesting the Obamas were planning a “non-religious Christmas” — hardly a surprising idea for an administration making a special effort to reach out to other faiths.
The lunch conversation inevitably turned to whether the White House would display its crèche, customarily placed in a prominent spot in the East Room. Ms. Rogers, this participant said, replied that the Obamas did not intend to put the manger scene on display — a remark that drew an audible gasp from the tight-knit social secretary sisterhood. (A White House official confirmed that there had been internal discussions about making Christmas more inclusive and whether to display the crèche.) Yet in the end, tradition won out; the executive mansion is now decorated for the Christmas holiday, and the crèche is... http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/faith/2009/12/report_obamas_balked_at_wh_nat.html
Comments:
davpatt3 writes:
First Graders
understand that when you don't like someone there are ways of letting them know and ways of separating yourself from them.
Tolerance is the highest virtue for humanists if it is directed toward someone they like.
The objective truth of God Almighty-Jesus Christ- is the highest virtue; and is also very exclusive.
"There is no other way to heaven other than faith in Jesus Christ." Jn 14.6
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How is it one makes Christmas “more inclusive” by excluding Christ?