’Tis the Season to be jolly, but . . . the news just keeps on a’comin’ and trying to spoil the fun; still, be of good cheer, not all of it is bad.

Christmas Comes But Once A Year

Over at Rasmussen their polling shows that for most Americans, Christmas is a day off to celebrate the joys of family, peace on Earth – and, most importantly, the birth of Jesus Christ.

Their polls shows that Sixty-six percent (66%) of Americans celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday, a fact that is sometimes overshadowed by the mad dash for presents. For another 20%, it’s a secular celebration.

Of those who celebrate Christmas, 81% believe that Jesus is the Son of God sent to earth to die for our sins, and 72% say He was born to a virgin

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Sixty-one percent (61%) of Americans will attend religious services this Christmas, up from 44% who regularly attend church during the year.

Americans also remain overwhelmingly in favor of allowing religious symbols to be displayed on public land and feel strongly that public schools should celebrate at least some religious holidays.

For all the debate over religious freedom and the separation of church and state, it’s interesting to note that two-out-of-three (66%) Americans regard Christmas as one of the nation’s most important holidays. That puts it at the top of the list for American holidays. The Fourth of July is second, with 62% who consider the nation’s birthday one of our most important holidays.

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And now to the most important issue of the day or any day for America that Rasmussen has ever polled on. If this one issue is settled the way the left wants it to be settled that will be it for us; we will become a socialist republic. Fortunately I think there is a more than a good chance that will not happen. Read on  . . .

Voters Frown on Health Plan Details  – Abortion, Proof of Citizenship, Public Option. . . .

At the start of the week, 41% of voters nationwide were in favor of the health care bill, but 55% were opposed. . . . Part of the opposition comes from a general skepticism about Congress, rather than specific policy issues.

But there are specific policy issues that also raise challenges as the Democrats try to pass a final version of this legislation in early 2010.

Fifty-four percent (54%) say taxpayer-funded health insurance should be prohibited from covering abortions, up six points from September. The House version of the legislation includes such a prohibition, but the Senate version does not.

Fourteen percent (14%) of U.S. voters say health insurance paid for or subsidized with government funding should be required to cover abortions. Twenty-nine percent (29%) say the legislation should have no requirements one way or the other.

On another hot-button topic, 87% believe that before anyone receives government health care subsidies, they should be required to prove they are legally in the United States. . . .

A commentary by Michael Barone notes that it been more than 150 years since such significant but unpopular legislation was passed through Congress on a partisan basis. The political ramifications in 1854 were so significant that it led to the creation of a new political party, the Republican Party. Ultimately, the Kansas-Nebraska Act also played a key role in the run-up to the Civil War.

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See, not all of the news is bad for us conservatives.

I hope every one of you conservatives will consider reading the two posts I have recently published regarding The Manhattan Declaration.

I believe all conservatives will find this declaration of interest and something they can wholeheartedly support. Please read those two posts and sign the petition in support of our Christian leaders in America. This is after all a Christian nation founded by Christians for Christians, and it is Christians that will overcome all evils and prevail against the evil one in the end.

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