Word: christianized
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Some people I have spoken to have justified the status quo by arguing that Christmas trees have little to do with Christmas or Christians, which, given the linguistic parallels, seems a logically indefensible claim Christmas trees are tied directly to Christmas--Christmas tree lots on the day after Christmas are forlorn places, and I've never seen Christmas trees pop up in living rooms in the middle of April, both of which indicate the obvious: that Christmas trees are symbols for Christmas, a Christian holiday...
William F. Buckley Jr., in an op-ed in The New York Times last month, affirmed the right of the majority to do just that. Writing about Dartmouth, "a Christian college founded for the Christianization of its students," in the words of the institution's President Hopkins in 1945, Buckley argues: "Why can't Judaism and Christianity go hand in hand at Dartmouth, with the conventional deference to the majority?" Universities, Buckley maintains, founded with a Christian mission should be able to continue the ideal of Christianizing their students. Those not "susceptible to Christian mores"--at Harvard, the more than...
Although Buckley represents an extreme slant that not many, at least not many at Harvard, would be comfortable championing, the logic of his stance supports the decision to place Christmas symbols in the public spaces of this secular University. Given that Christmas trees are inherently Christian symbols, intimately linked to Christmas, the celebration of the birth of Jesus, it is impossible to claim their neutrality. Therefore, in order to justify placing Christmas trees, as the sole symbol of the winter holidays, in the dining halls, one would need to believe that the majority culture has the singular right to representation...
...Niskayuna, N.Y., voted to allow gay-straight alliances after nasty debates. And last month, the Hemet, Calif., school board narrowly approved a measure protecting gay students from harassment. A remarkable feature of these skirmishes is that they have been fought largely as local issues, without national attention. Neither the Christian Coalition nor the Human Rights Campaign, the country's largest gay group, has developed a strategy to deal with the emergence of gay youth. Indeed, most gay organizations have avoided children's issues, apparently fearing the old charge that gays try to "recruit" kids. For conservatives, the appearance...
...this, humanity will be headed toward a disaster of biblical proportions. By burning the rain forests, freely using fossil fuels and increasing the pollution from motor vehicles, mankind may one day create a hell on earth, where fertile regions, such as lush tropical rain forests, become uninhabitable deserts. CHRISTIAN ZALAI London...