Religion News Service:
For Conservative Christian groups, this year's hot gift is a weapon for fighting back in the "War on Christmas," be it a button, a bumper sticker or a memo with advice to the troops.
The Mississippi-based American Family Association says it has sold more than 500,000 buttons and 125,000 bumper stickers bearing the slogan "Merry Christmas: It's Worth Saying."
The Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal aid group that boasts a network of some 900 lawyers standing ready to "defend Christmas," says it has moved about 20,000 "Christmas packs." The packs, available for a suggested $29 donation, include a three-page legal memo and two lapel pins.
The article says the $29 'Christmas pack' is actually worth about four bucks -- nice markup. According to RNS, AFA president and radio host Tim Wildmon, "while declining to give specifics, said the products brought in a 'slight profit.' The project was so successful, he said, he plans to make Easter buttons this year."
Now there's a war on Easter, I guess. Why not skip a step and sell the fundie robots custom billfolds connected to shop vacs? That way, you can suck the cash right out of the chumps' wallets without having to cook up phony 'wars.'
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