The Nativity is not Welcome in the City of Chicago
the city of Chicago has supported the Christkindlemarket Chicago, a traditional German American market and festival that lasts 4 weeks long and offers shopping, music, traditional German American food and drink, and entertainment. It’s a free family friendly celebration of the Christmas season that hosts over one million people and is home to the Chicago Christmas Tree. It’s so popular that a variety of groups and companies are eager to sponsor it every year.
However, this year there seems to be a problem. Since one of the sponsors was The Nativity Story Movie the city of Chicago is pulling its support. I guess they think if they support an event that happens to be sponsored by something with a Christian perspective towards Christmas that they would somehow be violating the sacred “seperatio of church and state”, and that somehow it would equate to Congress establishing a National religion. I don’t know. Whatever the reason it is quite stupid.
The ACLU are not involved, but this is the kind of political correctness run amok that they helped create.
The Corner has New Line Cinema’s reaction to the city of Chicago’s demand that the movie be banned:
We were stunned that our paid sponsorship of Christkindlmarket Chicago - the largest Christmas celebration in Chicago - was rescinded based on the “religious” content of our film The Nativity Story.
We had committed to a $12,000 sponsorship for the market, which was to include a display area in the Festival tent, logo signage in all print ads, direct mailings, brochures, flyers and on the website.
We don’t understand why our sponsorship would be rejected for religious reasons, particularly considering the fact that our film details the story that inspired the holiday season that the Christkindlmarket was created to celebrate.
