Christmas Trees Removed From Sea-Tac Airport
Robert Paul Reyes
December 11, 2006
An international airport is a crossroads of humanity; you see folks from every corner of the globe. It’s imperative that American international airports don’t contain any jingoistic billboards or anything that may offend someone from another culture.
We should seek to welcome foreign visitors — not assault them with religious displays they may find offensive.
Christmas is all about shopping anyway, and most international airports have retail outlets. Stores and shopping centers are the very essence of the Christmas season. For the holiday season airports should decorate their stores with ribbons and leave it at that.
Kudos to the Port of Seattle for removing all of the Christmas trees from the Sea-Tac Airport, after receiving a complaint from a rabbi.
From komotv.com
The Port of Seattle says it had little choice. It says a Seattle rabbi with the Central Organization for Jewish Learning hired an attorney and threatened to sue if the airport did not erect an eight-foot menorah to balance the message of the Christmas trees.
According to airport spokeswoman the two sides could not reach an agreement before the lawsuit was to be filed, so the trees were removed instead.”
This rabbi didn’t just shake his head at the ostentatious display of the Christmas trees, he threatened to sue. It wasn’t just one Christmas tree, mind you, it was a whole bleepin’ forest of them. Jehovah bless him for being a man of faith and action.
This rabbi is an inspiration to all those who cherish the concept of inclusiveness. The rabbi threatens to sue to get his point across, and this humble columnist writes an essay to express his view.
We should seek to welcome foreign visitors — not assault them with religious displays they may find offensive.
Christmas is all about shopping anyway, and most international airports have retail outlets. Stores and shopping centers are the very essence of the Christmas season. For the holiday season airports should decorate their stores with ribbons and leave it at that.
Kudos to the Port of Seattle for removing all of the Christmas trees from the Sea-Tac Airport, after receiving a complaint from a rabbi.
From komotv.com
The Port of Seattle says it had little choice. It says a Seattle rabbi with the Central Organization for Jewish Learning hired an attorney and threatened to sue if the airport did not erect an eight-foot menorah to balance the message of the Christmas trees.
According to airport spokeswoman the two sides could not reach an agreement before the lawsuit was to be filed, so the trees were removed instead.”
This rabbi didn’t just shake his head at the ostentatious display of the Christmas trees, he threatened to sue. It wasn’t just one Christmas tree, mind you, it was a whole bleepin’ forest of them. Jehovah bless him for being a man of faith and action.
This rabbi is an inspiration to all those who cherish the concept of inclusiveness. The rabbi threatens to sue to get his point across, and this humble columnist writes an essay to express his view.
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