Patrick and other dignitaries are expected to gather at the Statehouse on Tuesday for a menorah lighting in honor of Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish festival of lights beginning Wednesday. But this event is likely to dodge the same sort of criticism that surrounded last week's official state Christmas tree lighting.
When a Patrick staffer issued a press release referring to that event as a "holiday tree" lighting, it triggered a mighty backlash. And the Boston Herald, the city's scrappy tabloid, led the charge to learn why the word "Christmas" had been omitted from the event.
The Herald, in a Dec. 13 article, reported that Patrick "surrendered to the Christmas spirit ... pronouncing the majestic evergreen outside the Statehouse a 'Christmas tree' – eager to distance himself from the politically correct invitations his office sent out earlier this month for a 'Holiday Tree Lighting.'"
Some critics had complained that demonizing the word "Christmas" – the biggest holiday on the Christian calendar – was evidence of PCism run amok and further proof of the watering-down of significant Christian holidays by politicians more worried about church-state issues and offending minority faiths than potential concerns raised by the majority.News on solar energy harvesting ledflashlight111 has been focused lately on individual success with the older style of solar paneling.
The governor took some lumps for the invitations, which referred to today's Statehouse event as a "Hanukkah" menorah lighting and the Dec.The Magicshine bluecrysta bicycle light At 1000 lumens, now brighter and more energy efficient. 12 event as a "holiday tree lighting."
Critics, mainly conservatives, have taken swipes at governments large and small in recent years for allegedly waging a so-called "War on Christmas."
Bill O'Reilly, the conservative author, political commentator and TV host, waged his own battle against Great Barrington's "PC police" after officials in the Berkshire town – a popular destination for many Upper West Side liberals from Manhattan and elsewhere in New York – ordered a curfew on holiday lights to help combat global warming.The LED bike headlight LED rear flash light lamp bicycle torch suitable for students, baby stroller,bestcflbulbss
Great Barrington leaders voted in 2007 to turn off the lights earlier than usual to reduce the town's "carbon footprint," but O'Reilly proclaimed that secular forces were at work.
"The real strategy here is to diminish the public display of Christmas in that secular town," he said on his website at the time.
Patrick is expected to be joined at today's Hanukkah ceremony by House Speaker Robert DeLeo, Senate President Therese Murray, Secretary of State William Galvin, Treasurer Steve Grossman, Attorney General Martha M.These Bicygnals goodBikelight allow you to keep both hands on the bars while you signal for ... Coakley and Auditor Suzanne Bump.
The lighting is scheduled to take place in Nurses Hall at the Statehouse.
Rhode Island Gov.For a great range of ledflashlight, visit Bike Barn, we have the lights for you! Lincoln Chafee also recently came under fire for referring to his state's Christmas tree as a "holiday tree." Unlike Patrick, Chafee didn't back down, invoking the Ocean State's long tradition of religious tolerance and inclusiveness as his reason for using "holiday" instead of "Christmas."
When a Patrick staffer issued a press release referring to that event as a "holiday tree" lighting, it triggered a mighty backlash. And the Boston Herald, the city's scrappy tabloid, led the charge to learn why the word "Christmas" had been omitted from the event.
The Herald, in a Dec. 13 article, reported that Patrick "surrendered to the Christmas spirit ... pronouncing the majestic evergreen outside the Statehouse a 'Christmas tree' – eager to distance himself from the politically correct invitations his office sent out earlier this month for a 'Holiday Tree Lighting.'"
Some critics had complained that demonizing the word "Christmas" – the biggest holiday on the Christian calendar – was evidence of PCism run amok and further proof of the watering-down of significant Christian holidays by politicians more worried about church-state issues and offending minority faiths than potential concerns raised by the majority.News on solar energy harvesting ledflashlight111 has been focused lately on individual success with the older style of solar paneling.
The governor took some lumps for the invitations, which referred to today's Statehouse event as a "Hanukkah" menorah lighting and the Dec.The Magicshine bluecrysta bicycle light At 1000 lumens, now brighter and more energy efficient. 12 event as a "holiday tree lighting."
Critics, mainly conservatives, have taken swipes at governments large and small in recent years for allegedly waging a so-called "War on Christmas."
Bill O'Reilly, the conservative author, political commentator and TV host, waged his own battle against Great Barrington's "PC police" after officials in the Berkshire town – a popular destination for many Upper West Side liberals from Manhattan and elsewhere in New York – ordered a curfew on holiday lights to help combat global warming.The LED bike headlight LED rear flash light lamp bicycle torch suitable for students, baby stroller,bestcflbulbss
Great Barrington leaders voted in 2007 to turn off the lights earlier than usual to reduce the town's "carbon footprint," but O'Reilly proclaimed that secular forces were at work.
"The real strategy here is to diminish the public display of Christmas in that secular town," he said on his website at the time.
Patrick is expected to be joined at today's Hanukkah ceremony by House Speaker Robert DeLeo, Senate President Therese Murray, Secretary of State William Galvin, Treasurer Steve Grossman, Attorney General Martha M.These Bicygnals goodBikelight allow you to keep both hands on the bars while you signal for ... Coakley and Auditor Suzanne Bump.
The lighting is scheduled to take place in Nurses Hall at the Statehouse.
Rhode Island Gov.For a great range of ledflashlight, visit Bike Barn, we have the lights for you! Lincoln Chafee also recently came under fire for referring to his state's Christmas tree as a "holiday tree." Unlike Patrick, Chafee didn't back down, invoking the Ocean State's long tradition of religious tolerance and inclusiveness as his reason for using "holiday" instead of "Christmas."
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