AFA:"A year later, Gap continues to censor Christmas"

[pstokely]

http://www.afa.net/emails/transform.asp?x=gap_112607&s=browser&y=2007&m=11

[HughMoran]

1. AFA = American Fucking Assholes?

I guess!!

[davidinalameda]

2. screw the Gap

and the AFA

if they're more worried about Gap girls not saying Merry Christmas rather than the Gap using child labor, then they have some screwed up priorities

[BrotherBuzz]

6. Word!

[NMMNG]

3. For crying out loud

If everybody isn't kowtowing to them all hell breaks loose, doesn't it? :eyes: Freaking selfish, spoiled brats.

[Unrepentant Fenian]

4. Waaaaa !

Waaa, they didn't say "Happy Christmas" Who gives a shit???

[NMMNG]

9. The fundagelicals do

It's all about them, after all. :cry:

[sakabatou]

5. O NOES!

[pinniped]

7. They have launched the first salvo in the War on Christmas!

Look out, here comes Google and I bet their logo will not have a X-mas motif.

[Milo_Bloom]

8. I took quick action...

And took their advice and sent a letter through their system... but I did a little editing!


Dear Chairman Murphy:

I am very happy that Gap refuses to use Christmas in your stores and promotions. Too many people forget that Christmas is not a Christian holy day and a certainly not a secular holiday. The holidays are a time for everyone to celebrate, be they Jewish, Christian or those celebrating the ORIGINAL holiday celebrated at this time, Saturnalia

Your actions make me proud about shopping in Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic stores. I will also alert my family and friends about your practice. There are many other stores that wish to limit their clients and force one particular belief on them. I'm sure they will not miss my business.


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[NMMNG]

11. Bravo!

Great letter. :thumbsup:

[Warren DeMontague]

10. I got a Gap for these chuckleheads.

Right between my butt cheeks.

[xfundy]

12. Don't fall for it

Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy are all operated by a big time repug named Fisher.

This is yet another part of the divide & conquer strategy, with the cherry on top of "attacking" a repig friend to increase his business. Ignore this shit and focus on what matters.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

13. It's the AFA Holiday Fund Drive!!

A.K.A. Send us more $$ you dependably stupid fools.

[pstokely]

15. You mean the CHRISTmas Fund Drive

[JHB]

14. Let's help Rev. Wildmon!

Here, Don. Let's protest those anti-Christian bastards over at Ladies Home Journal in 1922! X-mas indeed, you politically-correct censors!

[Quantess]

20. If you showed that to the AFA,

they'd conclude that women are to blame for the "war on Christmas".
If women never read anything except the Bible, there would be no problems.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

16. Why does the AFA hate Kwanzaa?

Are they racist?

[Johonny]

17. personally

I refuse to shop at any store that doesn't stage a live birth in store to celibrate Christmas.

[Rob H.]

18. Focus on the Family has been complaining about this, too

James Dobson and company were blathering on earlier this week about how even though he and his minions complained about it last year, a lot of retailers are still saying "Happy holidays" rather than "Merry Christmas." There are more religious and cultural celebrations at year's end than Christmas, but apparently Christmas is the only one they think should be showcased.

A lot of the stores they mentioned are places where I already shop and thanks to them complaining about those stores and others I hadn't heard of, I've added new ones to my list to give my money to. Take that, fundagelical windbags! Ha!


edit: punctuation. Oops!

[blondeatlast]

19. God forbid the Gap should be exclusionary... Wait. doesn't "holiday" INCLUDE Christmas?

I'm so confused!