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| December 26, 2005 |
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The War on Christmas in Canada - No War But Some Irritation
A Weekly BDO Dunwoody CEO Business Leader Poll by COMPAS in the Financial Post |
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| Conflict in the air waves over whether there is or is not a “war on Christmas” is the latest manifestation of culture wars in the United States. Fox News ratings winner Bill O'Reilly perceives an effort “to get Christianity…and Judaism out of the public square" and carry out a “secular progressive agenda” on behalf of the mainstream media, the American Civil Liberties Union, and their leftwing allies. “If you can get religion out, then you can,,,[legalize] narcotics, euthanasia, abortion at will, gay marriage, because the objection to those things is religious-based, usually." For their part, liberals and the mainstream media tend to take the position that O’Reilly, fellow host and author John Gibson , and Fox News are hyping or imagining the issue to increase ratings and serve an ideological agenda (see www.mediamatters.org). The CEOs and business leaders on the COMPAS business panel do not perceive a war on Christmas in Canada. They report a moderate amount of discussion about how their businesses should treat the holiday and apparently almost no conflict or dissension. As in the United States, panellists perceive a longterm trend in Canada towards secular portrayals of the holiday, and some volunteer a concern that the Christian roots of the holiday are being obscured. These are the key findings from the most recent survey of the COMPAS business panel for The National Post on behalf of BDO Dunwoody LLP. |
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