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What’s in a greeting?

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

The intolerance of a multicultural theme for this holiday has little to do with a heightened renewal of the birth of Christ or the fading of an American tradition. Instead, it has much to do about a backlash toward a country growing more religiously pluralistic.

December 18, 2014 1 min read Free to read

The intolerance of a multicultural theme for this holiday has little to do with a heightened renewal of the birth of Christ or the fading of an American tradition. Instead, it has much to do about a backlash toward a country growing more religiously pluralistic.

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