{"id":6739,"date":"2012-11-22T11:34:06","date_gmt":"2012-11-22T16:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.net\/?p=6739"},"modified":"2012-11-22T11:34:06","modified_gmt":"2012-11-22T16:34:06","slug":"on-a-casualty-in-fox-news-war-on-the-war-on-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=6739","title":{"rendered":"On a Casualty in FOX News’ War on the War on Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Were it not for Talking Points Memo, I wouldn’t have known that FOX News’ war on the War on Christmas had begun<\/a>. I guess if Black Friday can creep into Thursday, then the War on Christmas can creep into mid-November.<\/p>\n

And what did I learn?<\/p>\n

Atheists are attacking A Charlie Brown Christmas<\/i> in an elementary school in Little Rock, Arkansas!<\/p>\n

Several Google searches brought up this article<\/a> which goes over the situation: “an atheist group has complained about an elementary school’s plans to take its students to see the production of ‘Merry Christmas Charlie Brown’ at a local church.”<\/p>\n

A Charlie Brown Christmas<\/i> isn’t under attack at all. Heck, a spokesman for the Arkansas Society of Freethinkers doesn’t see any real problem with the production; he just thinks that if the school is going to have a field trip like that, then they should also teach the kids about other religions’ holidays. Even the mother who doesn’t want her child to attend doesn’t have a problem with A Charlie Brown Christmas<\/i>; she just doesn’t want her child singled out for taunting by classmates because the child won’t attend. In short, it’s all just dumb.<\/p>\n

This isn’t a volley in the War on Christmas. This is a volley in FOX’s endless War on Common Sense.<\/p>\n

The common sense solution is to allow the field trip, and then also have a field trip to a mosque or a syngogue in Little Rock in connection with some other religion’s holiday.<\/p>\n

The real victim in this situation? Agape Church<\/a> of Little Rock.<\/p>\n

Why are they the victim? Because FOX News has alerted Peanuts<\/i> Worldwide that their copyrights are being violated.<\/p>\n

They don’t license out A Charlie Brown Christmas<\/i> for theatrical production. From the FAQ page on Peanuts.com<\/a>, in answer to the question “My theatre group would like to do A Charlie Brown Christmas<\/i> this year. How can I go about obtaining the rights?” they are vey specific: “We understand the interest in the community for A Charlie Brown Christmas<\/i>, however at this time it is an animated special only; live theatrical rights are not available<\/b>.”<\/p>\n

Have people staged A Charlie Brown Christmas<\/i>? Absolutely, a quick Google search will turn up church webpages, YouTube videos, and full scripts. At a guess, these have all flown under the radar.<\/p>\n

But now FOX News has held up Agape Church as a copyright violator. In their zeal to fight the War on the War on Christmas, a church in Little Rock is in danger from lawyers and restraining orders thanks to FOX News’ friendly fire. FOX News has fragged one of their own.<\/p>\n

Agape Church is the real victim here.<\/p>\n

And I feel bad for them.<\/p>\n

Good work, FOX News.<\/p>\n

Now pardon me — this atheist needs to listen to the music from A Charlie Brown Christmas<\/i>…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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