Where is this an issue? Not in my community, and I live in a blue state. My daughter sang in the high school's annual Christmas concert last night. Among the songs were:

Ave Maria
Away in a Manger
Born, Born in Bethlehem
The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
Do You Hear What I Hear

Is anyone else seeing it differently in your area?

Lyrics from a ridiculous folk song I heard last night on the local public radio station:

The food was great, the tree plugged in, the meal had gone without a hitch
Till Timmy turned to Amber and said, "Is it true that you're a witch?"
His mom jumped up and said, "The pies are burning," and she hit the kitchen
And it was Jane who spoke, she said, "It's true, your cousin's not a Christian"
"But we love trees, we love the snow, the friends we have, the world we share
And you find magic from your God, and we find magic everywhere"

"So the Christians and the Pagans sat together at the table
Finding faith and common ground the best that they were able
And where does magic come from, I think magic's in the learning
Cause now when Christians sit with Pagans only pumpkin pies are burning"

...Which is too bad, when you think about it.

"Where is this an issue?"

Then you didn't hear about Medina school principal who took down the "giving tree" because" the tree represents some part of Christianity."

(Medina is the current hometown of one Willam Gates III).

Christianity Today's Weblog has a whole section devoted to instances every day. No suprise that Robert doesn't live with the Toynbees.

Yes, if you are going to count all the insults to your faith, soon you will feel overwhelmed. American Atheists does the same on their wesite, which is why I never visit it. There's a Catholic guy who does the same, his name escapes me right now. If you really want to get yourself depressed, then count all the people who don't like you.

But this is a big country. Is this a dangerous trend or just an annoyance in certain liberal enclaves like Seattle? I know that there are some issues with Christmas in some places, I just wonder if it is being overblown by overly-sensitive Christians.

Robert:

It's not a matter of counting them, but defeating those who attempt them. That's how you preserve a decent society. Insults to Atheism are of couse legion but still insufficient.

Insufficient insults to atheism are legion on this blog alone.

Yes, we've other fish to fry.

Insufficient to do what? Make us go away?

You're hardly an atheist -- as witness your amusing insistence that conscience is identical to Judeo-Christian morality -- but insufficient to assign the blame atheism deserves.