Um, another question is, if you feel Christians are so persecuted why Muslims have to go to schools on Fridays and such. And why the schoolweek does not start on Sundays for Jews.
Why is Jewish Easter not a national holiday? Or at least that the people who want to raise their children in the Jewish / Mulsim / Hindu / Pagan / whatnot faith get the appropriate days off in order to attend to the religious celebrations.
What persecution? It is not about the spirit of Christmas anymore - and if it is, that only applies to a tiny fraction of self-proclaimed Christians. The day is just as religious as Valentine's Day.
If the US is based on Christianity there is no issue. It does not matter what the tree is called, as long as it fulfills its religious function. Or the menorah, or a minaret, a church. Or perhaps people need to actually study the writings of their respective religions a bit, before demanding things that are considered totally irrelevant from the perspective of their own religion.
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