The War on Gay Christmas?
Hallmark has run into trouble with a new Christmas ornament shaped like a festive sweater with the message: “Don we now our fun apparel.”
The word “fun”replaces “gay” from the ‘Deck the Halls’ Christmas carol lyric about wearing cheerful festive clothes and changed it to avoid implicitly referencing homosexuality.
That’s right: In attempting to avoid a controversy, Hallmark has apparently offended almost everyone, the San Francisco Chronicle reports today.
“There is nothing wrong with the word ‘gay,’ ” Dave Thompson wrote on the company’s Facebook page. “It can mean fun, happy, excited, exuberant - and it refers to gay people. … There’s nothing wrong with either! Bad Hallmark! Bad!”
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