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The
USPS is releasing a stamp that "honors" Muslims message
claims, so let's boycott it! - not exactly.
This is actually a non-issue, despite
all the hyped up rhetoric of the message. You see, no one is
ever, ever forced to purchase a religious holiday stamp. A boycott
is not possible because a holiday stamp from another religion will
never be offered to you or anyone else. They are by REQUEST ONLY.
The stamp does not
"honor" Muslims. It is a commemorative stamp for two
Muslim holidays. The USPS has already issued a
Christmas stamp and a Hanukah stamp. The
message would lead us to believe that a branch of the U.S. federal
government is acknowledging and honoring only one of the major
religions prominent in the U.S, which is obviously untrue. The stamp
doesn't honor Muslims or their holiday anymore than a Christmas
stamp "honors" Christians or Christmas. These stamps
are simply available to each religion for the sending of their
holiday cards. The stamp came out in 2001.
These kind of
stamps have a specific purpose. Only those with an interest in purchasing
a holiday stamp will do so. Some Christians will purchase the
special Christmas stamps at Christmas, some Jewish people will
purchase the Hanukah stamp during Hanukah and some Muslims will
purchase the Muslim holiday stamp during their holidays. No
one is ever forced to take any religious holiday stamp. During
the EID holidays, Muslims usually send cards just as we Christians
do during Christmas.
I'm going to sermonize here for a moment
and challenge conservative, evangelical Christians (of which I am
one). The USPS should be applauded for doing what the rest of the
U.S. Federal government cannot - that is to allow voluntary
expressions of religion in the public arena instead of trying to
silence it. In Islam, logic and ration is not encouraged.
Christians should not only encourage it, we should demand it. With
a little logic and reason we can see that this stamp is a
non-issue. We are, as the old saying goes, "walking over dollars
trying to find another dime." While real genuine evil festers and
flourishes around us, we're busy forwarding messages like this. No
wonder we're so ineffective and irrelevant to the rest of the
world. Let's start fighting true evil, not spend our time and
effort on a boycott of a stamp we can't even buy without requesting
it.
The USPS is discontinuing the Black Heritage
Series of Stamps - FALSE
This rumor began in 2001. The USPS says that
they have no plans to discontinue the popular series.
The USPS is selling a stamp that will help
Breast Cancer research - TRUE
The stamp costs more so that proceeds will benefit
breast cancer research.
Did
a USPS Postmaster in Texas ordered the removal of posters bearing
the phrase "In God We Trust"? Sort of.
The situation is not quite what the email makes it
out to be and the suggestion included in the message will not
accomplish the intent.
It should be noted that the supervisor who ordered
the removal of the signs felt that he/she was simply abiding by USPS
regulations that had nothing to do with the contents of the signs,
but with posters, signs, papers, etc. in general. ALL signs
and posters not relating to the USPS were removed, not just the ones
with the IN GOD WE TRUST message. There was no claim that a
law was being violated - only a USPS regulation and it had nothing
to do with electioneering. There was no mention of offense and
it had nothing to do with the slogan on the posters.
The situation happened in November 2002 when a
supervisor ordered the removal of the posters from government owned
PO buildings in Montgomery County, TX. The supervisor
followed a USPS rule that says that it prohibits the
"depositing or posting of handbills, flyers,
pamphlets, signs, posters, placards, or other literature (except
official postal and other governmental notices and announcements) in
interior public areas on postal premises."
Apparently the action was across the board and was
not based on the content of the signs. This doesn't appear to
be an anti-religious or
anti-God issue. It just appears to be an over-zealous
supervisor. If the
issue was limited to a couple of PO's in one county, then why the
bruhaha? I can see it if the issue was with the entire USPS.
Come to think of it, I don't think our PO has ever put up any non-PO
flyers or posters except the wanted posters.
As to the suggestion that we all put this slogan
on the back of our envelopes, surely no one in this day and
age really believes that someone at the USPS is examining every
piece of mail that comes through. Mail is totally automated.
Your postal carrier is about the only one who will see it and then
only the front. No one is looking at the back of the envelope
and the automatic readers are doing the rest. It's fine to
write a message on the envelope, but it won't accomplish any desired
results in this case. The recipient may appreciate it though!
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