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2010-12-17 Britain

Red Cross Grinch Cancels Christmas -- Mustn't Miff the Muslims, Dontchaknow

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Posted by 2010-12-17 00:22|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Link went to something that didn't seem to have anything to do with the Red Thingy.

Posted by gorb 2010-12-17 10:16|| 2010-12-17 10:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Mea culpa and thank you for catching that, gorb. Here's the proper link.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-12-17 10:28|| 2010-12-17 10:28|| Front Page Top

#3 So now the Red CROSS's mission is to prop up those that are hostile to it.

Posted by gorb 2010-12-17 14:37|| 2010-12-17 14:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Hi, I work at the American Red Cross. This article is outdated - it's from 2002. At the time, the British Red Cross corrected the article. You can see their statement here: http://blogs.redcross.org.uk/uk/2010/12/how-the-red-cross-didn%E2%80%99t-steal-christmas/

In short, there was no "ban" as the article described. It wasn't to avoid offending Muslims.

Additionally, the American Red Cross is separate from the British Red Cross. We do not ban any Christmas decorations from display in our facilities. http://redcrosschat.org/2010/12/17/christmas-and-all-other-holidays-at-the-red-cross/

Hope this helps clear things up.

Gloria

Posted by Gloria Huang 2010-12-17 17:09|| 2010-12-17 17:09|| Front Page Top

#5 Great! If any organization, whether they claimed to be religous (or non-religous in this case) couldn't go in due to hate, then they shouldn't be there. Past, present, or future.

From the article you referenced:

The point is that the Red Cross is not a political or religious organisation. This neutrality is one of our fundamental principles and governs everything we do in the whole Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

We wish all our supporters a merry Christmas and a happy new year!

And merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and those in your non-religous organization, too.

Posted by gorb 2010-12-17 22:22|| 2010-12-17 22:22|| Front Page Top

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