To be sure, let’s not blame Sasha, she had no idea about it and was apparently "stunned" when she found out.

This is just another example of an official taking preemptive action when none was required, correcting imaginary wrongs and soothing unruffled feathers.

Pretty bad when the officials are idiots and their implied victims have more sense.

When did Christmas Carols become such a problem for crying out loud? 

 Olympic skater Sasha Cohen "stunned" by Xmas flap

Olympic figure skater Sasha Cohen was "stunned" to learn that a U.S. high school choir had been ordered to stop singing Christmas carols at a holiday show because she is half-Jewish, her mother said on Thursday.

A city official accompanied by a police officer caused a stir by silencing the carols on Tuesday night as Cohen signed autographs after a performance in Riverside, California.

Riverside Mayor Ron Loveridge has since apologized to the student choir, the Rubidoux High School Madrigals.

Well that’s something.

To some, the incident appeared an example of excessive political correctness in the United States over the celebration of Christmas — which some conservative commentators have characterized as a "war on Christmas.’

Ya think?  The fact is that this happens a lot these days as everyone pretends there is some great sensitivity issue at stake here.

The fact is that the average person could care less.

Cohen, who is half-Christian and "celebrates everything" during the holidays, learned only through news reports that the choir had been cut off on her account, the 22-year-old skater’s mother and manager said.

"Sasha was stunned. We both thought the voices were just lovely, they were doing such a wonderful job," Galina Cohen told Reuters. "Christmas carols are part of celebrating the holiday season."

Exactly.

The Riverside Press-Enterprise newspaper reported that the Madrigals had just launched into "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" when a city special-events employee told them to stop singing.

Cohen’s mother said the 2006 Olympic silver medalist and U.S. National Champion had taken part in Christmas tree lighting ceremonies at New York’s Rockefeller Center and in California.

This is getting farther and farther out of hand all the time. 

Thankfully people are starting to get sick of it.  Eventually, common sense prevails.

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