FROM AFA

Yes, Virginia -- there will be a 'Christmas Parade'


Chris Woodward - OneNewsNow - 10/6/2010 11:20:00 AM

The pro-Christmas movement in America can chalk up a win after a well-known city has opted to change its "Holiday Parade" back to a "Christmas Parade."

The capital city of Richmond, Virginia, decided to rename its annual Christmas Parade a Holiday Parade, a move supported by the parade sponsor, Dominion -- one of the country's largest producers of energy. But when the American Family Association and its supporters got wind of the decision, things changed -- in a hurry.

AFA special projects director Randy Sharp explains. "We alerted our supporters in the ten states in which Dominion does business," he says. "Within hours, hundreds of phone calls and thousands of emails were flooding into not only the Dominion company, but also into the parade organizers' office."

Within 24 hours, Dominion and the parade organizers decided they had had enough and announced on their website that the event would revert back to the "Christmas Parade." Sharp says because of the efforts of AFA supporters, that decision will serve as a model for other cities.

"People recognize Richmond -- [it's] a leader among cities in the United States," he notes. "And I think when these other communities see that Richmond is celebrating a 'Christmas' parade -- and [that] they're not going to go for this politically correct junk -- then city leaders all across America are going to say: 'You know, it's a Christmas parade and we're going to stick with what we've been calling it for years.'"



This is the 38th year for the Richmond parade.