Oregon school district bans Santa from classrooms; seeks religious tolerance

[Hermit For Peace]

Nobody I know ever thought of Santa as being in any way a religious thing. Santa is a big fat man who brings gifts. I love Santa and have a statue of him sitting on my desk as I write this. I'm glad I'm not a kid today having to deal with these uber sensitive issues, (not to mention guns and drugs in the schools).

Santa is a "unifier" if there ever was one. Don't exclude him in the schools or anywhere people want to have a representation of him. Santa represents LOVE, giving and sharing, and everyone around the world needs those things in their life.

[Hermit For Peace]

But what does Santa have to do with religion?

     Santa's only a religious figure if your god is the Almighty Dollar.

This sounds about right.

[Hermit For Peace]

Religious tolerance does not mean being equally intolerant of all religions.

That's a good point. Christmas is a season for giving and sharing and being kind to one another. Why should a wrench be thrown into it for everyone to feel bad instead of opening their hearts and feeling good?