College says students can't use the word CHRISTMAS to sell Christmas trees.

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College: Students Can’t Sell “Christmas” Trees  Posted in Christmas Under Attack, Top Stories | 0 comments Nov 27, 2012
  By Todd Starnes
A North Carolina community college has been accused of violating the First Amendment rights of students after they told a club they could not use the word “Christmas” to promote a Christmas tree sale.
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“It’s ridiculous that anyone would have to think twice about using the word ‘Christmas’ as part of a Christmas tree sale,” said Matt Sharp, an attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom.
 
ADF sent a letter to officials at Western Piedmont Community College urging them to either reconsider their decision to censor the word “Christmas” – or else face a possible lawsuit.
College officials did not return multiple phone calls and email messages seeking comment.
The student club, called the BEST Society, was planning to sell the Christmas trees to raise money for Angel Tree, an organization that provides Christmas presents to children.
Club members followed college protocol and submitted forms to promote the sale. The proposed text read, “The BEST Society will be selling Christmas Trees…”
 
But when the announcement appeared on the college’s website and in other venues – it had been altered. Ever reference to “Christmas Trees” had been replaced with “holiday trees.”
Attorney Sharp said students immediately contacted the college’s community relations director to find out what happened.
The community relations director allegedly told the students, “We cannot market your trees in association solely with a Christian event.”
As a result of the change, the club began receiving complaints from the community – and some customers told the students they would not purchase trees because of the change in wording.
 
“Not only is it perfectly constitutional to use the word ‘Christmas,’ it is unconstitutional to prohibit use of it,” Sharp said. “This is another perfect example of the immense misunderstanding that far too many college officials have about what the First Amendment truly requires.”
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College Reverses “Christmas” Tree Ban  Posted in Top Stories | 0 comments Nov 28, 2012
  By Todd Starnes
Oops.
A North Carolina community college that came under fire after they told students they could not use the word “Christmas” to promote a Christmas tree sale — has reversed its decision.
 
“It’s a misunderstanding based on a legitimate mistake we made,” said Atticus Simpson, vice president of student development at Western Piedmont Community College.
In other words, the college goofed up when they changed the BEST  Society’s Christmas tree sale to a Holiday tree sale.
 
“We thought we were violating the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment by promoting the sale of Christmas trees — which we thought would be promoting one religion over another,” Simpson told Fox News.
The student group contacted Alliance Defending Freedom — a legal advocacy group that handles many First Amendment issues. The ADF promptly sent the college a letter urging them to either reconsider their decision or face possible legal action.
“We’re pleased the college did the right thing,” attorney Matt Sharp told Fox News. “It really is ridiculous they tried to make this club use the word holiday instead of Christmas.”
Sharp said the college has already changed the wording on their website and taking other steps to remedy the situation.
 
“We realized we made a mistake,” Simpson said. “We changed it back from holiday to Christmas.”
“For once, it’s nice to see a university stepping up and doing the right thing,” attorney Sharp said.
The BEST Society was selling the trees to raise money for Angel Tree, an organization that provides Christmas presents to underprivileged children.
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“We thought we were violating the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment by promoting the sale of Christmas trees — which we thought would be promoting one religion over another,” Simpson told Fox News.

They're so concerned about the 1st Amendment yet I'm sure they have no problem violating the 2nd Amendment rights of students.

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“We thought we were violating the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment by promoting the sale of Christmas trees — which we thought would be promoting one religion over another,” Simpson told Fox News.

They're so concerned about the 1st Amendment yet I'm sure they have no problem violating the 2nd Amendment rights of students.

 
DBLBASS. You can bet on that. I doubt it had anything to do with the 1st amed either, just more worthless liberals afraid of offending someone. POWDERMAN.