Originally Posted by
TheSilverWolf
I'm going to dip a toe into this conversation here. As a Christian myself, I have noticed that our country of the USA is quickly turning from a country of religious freedoms to a country where the government is allowed to step more and more into what we believe/don't believe and even institutions are being allowed to start discriminating against Christianity. Now, before I go any further, I will also say that I've noticed this trend with religion in general in the US, but there seems to be a special emphasis on Christianity. For example, there was a case a while back where, during his graduation, a student (high school or college, I can't remember which), was thanking various people during his graduation speech. Well, he started mentioning thanking God and how much God helped him on his path, and the freaking principle of the school shut off his microphone!
Another incident? It's now considered improper to use the term Merry Christmas, because it might offend non-christians. Instead, we're to use the terms happy holidays. People have been warned and against using certain terms in various work places like Sam's Club and Fred Meyers--terns like "God Bless You" or "Merry Christmas."