Travis Air Force Base in California has decided it will not ban a nativity scene and menorah from a showcase of 24 Christmas displays along one of the base’s main thoroughfares — in spite of threats from the atheist Military Religious Freedom Foundation. That group insisted that only displays of Santa Claus, reindeer and snowmen…

So, you just don’t know what to buy Fido for Christmas? Well, if a nice bone from the butcher shop just won’t do, here are some ideas from the British tabloid newspaper the Telegraph. One possibility would be “Petite Amande Dog Fragrance,” yes, a perfume for dogs. This cologne has “notes of French blackcurrant, Tunisian…

Thousands of Texans, including the state attorney general and the governor, have sent a clear message to Wisconsin atheists who enjoy intimidating small towns into removing nativity scenes. At least 5,000 showed up at a rally supporting Henderson County officials who have refused to comply with the group’s demand that they remove a nativity scene…

“As Christians, we were offended,” the five told the morning news shows. Over coffee, Joanne Brown, Linda Bennett, Judi Hanna, Laurie Kramer and Pat See, all of the Youngstown, Ohio, area — lamented Americans’ increasingly “politically correct” pressure to mumble “Happy Holidays” rather than risk offending someone by saying “Merry Christmas.” What could they do…

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