Mayor won't rename annual Christmas
parade after 'disappointing
and hurtful' backlash
Associated Press,
by
Staff
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
10/10/2019 8:47:29 PM
Charleston, W.Va.—The mayor of West Virginia’s capital city on Thursday reversed a decision to change the name of the annual holiday parade after intense backlash from church leaders and conservatives. Mayor Amy Goodwin announced on Monday that she planned to rename the “Charleston Christmas Parade” the “Charleston Winter Parade” to demonstrate that Charleston is an inclusive city. Officials from several churches quickly criticized the decision and said they wouldn’t attend. State Senate President Mitch Carmichael, a Republican, issued a statement saying the renaming was the handiwork of “Charleston’s elite liberals.” “We are calling on Mayor Goodwin and her liberal allies
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Tet Vet 68 10/10/2019 8:49:36 PM (No. 203801)
Let me guess Amy is a Democrat
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
joew9 10/10/2019 9:05:29 PM (No. 203811)
A few years back in small town Georgia I got invited to a "Winter Festival" at the school of a friends young daughter. I watched as Buddhism was celebrated. They sang the Kwanzaa song.(Which is where I first heard that song and quickly judged it to be the stupidest song ever.) They sang a Muslim song or chant. They did all kinds of things and songs from all regions and religions of the world. But by the end there had been no mention of Christmas. No Christmas songs. No nothing. The only religion not represented was Christianity.
The next year attendance at the Winter Festival dropped to near zero. A local church sponsored a Christmas Festival for the kids in that school. Even the blacks shunned the Kwanzaa celebration and attended the Christmas Festival.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Urgent Fury 10/10/2019 9:09:08 PM (No. 203818)
Finally the people rose up. I hope others are emboldened.
Is there a major city in this country that doesn't have a RAT mayor?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Mekkkk 10/10/2019 9:17:18 PM (No. 203827)
Bullet dodged
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
jalo1951 10/10/2019 9:29:38 PM (No. 203832)
Christmas, Christmas, Christmas. There I said it. The world did not end, people are not hiding under their beds, no one has their hands over their ears. You do not have to participate in the religious aspect of Christmas to simply enjoy the season. The beautiful trees, exchanging gifts, the wonderful food, friends and family. I have Jewish friends who always enjoy getting together and many of them put up trees because they enjoy looking at them just like we do. The belief that liberal dems are oh so inclusive is a joke. Get a grip people. This is still a free country (until the next election if we don't vote) and you can participate if you want to or stay home. No one is going to force you to watch a parade and wave at Santa. What are you afraid of? And please keep your mitts off of Thanksgiving.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Jethro bo 10/10/2019 10:07:17 PM (No. 203846)
The response was hurtful? Oh please, after insulting Christians and hurting their feelings, she surprise? Of you can't take the heat, climb back into your Ivory tower.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Highlander 10/10/2019 10:37:54 PM (No. 203863)
Oh! She's hurt! Awww
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Omen55 10/10/2019 10:57:46 PM (No. 203870)
We don't need to be inclusive.
They need to respect US.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
DVC 10/10/2019 11:04:01 PM (No. 203876)
Wonderful and fantastic backlash, I call it.
Drop dead you anti-American woman.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
DVC 10/10/2019 11:42:24 PM (No. 203900)
Let's hope she is defeated in the next election over this baloney.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
NYbob 10/10/2019 11:49:22 PM (No. 203905)
Gee WV voters you elected a pious, dopey, woman to be mayor and you are surprised she would spit on you? WAKE up. This is exactly what happens when you elect a know it all rat. It's what they've been doing for the last 60 years.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 10/11/2019 12:15:09 AM (No. 203917)
Anything to remove Christ from society. Inclusive? Not hardly. Why not name it the Allahu Akbar parade.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
PChristopher 10/11/2019 2:02:46 AM (No. 203958)
Good for them! If the Muslims or the godless Commucrats or the Gays or the Transfreaks want a "Winter Parade", let them have their own! Leave our traditions alone!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Rinktum 10/11/2019 5:10:14 AM (No. 203979)
Never ever vote for a democrat in order to assure this absurd virtue signaling is nipped in the bud. If we don’t stand up and let our voices be heard, this kind of thing will happen again and again. The left just cannot stop themselves from embracing every religion on the planet at the expense of Christianity. They booed God. Something I will never forget.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
fordtran 10/11/2019 5:30:48 AM (No. 203994)
City government should confine itself to maintaining a safe water system, filling potholes, delivering emergency services, and unclogging sewers.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
RuckusTom 10/11/2019 6:18:40 AM (No. 204035)
"State Senate President Mitch Carmichael, a Republican ...". They forgot the scare quotes around "Republican". When's the last time you saw "House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat ..."?
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
h24015 10/11/2019 9:33:18 AM (No. 204218)
Mr. Mayor, if you are no longer going to officially celebrate Christmas, your government offices should be open on Dec 24 through Dec 26 - normal hours.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Smart11344 10/11/2019 3:11:56 PM (No. 204654)
Thank you citizens of Charleston. I'm glad the mayor listened, but I suspect she still needs to go where Christmas isn't celebrated.
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It's not enough that the rest of us have to stand by while cities hold special parades celebrating aberrant sexual practices; we're also supposed to let them rename Christmas and Easter and Columbus Day, brand Thanksgiving as hateful, etc. About time someone pushed back a bit.