[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 172 (Wednesday, December 12, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H9245]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   CHRISTMAS IS ABOUT BIRTH OF CHRIST

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, the school prayer issue is out of 
control, literally. Students in Pennsylvania were prohibited from 
handing out Christmas cards. Reports say students in Minnesota were 
disciplined for having said merry Christmas. Now if that is not enough 
to find coal in your athletic supporter, check this out: A school board 
in Georgia removed the word ``Christmas'' from their school calendar 
because the ACLU threatened to sue. Beam me up. If this is religious 
freedom, I am a fashion model for GQ.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the fact that Christmas is not about a 
jolly old fat man. Christmas is about the birth of Christ.

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