A reader writes to inform me that the action by the Liberty Counsel to threaten to sue a blogger for a parody of an Exodus International billboard while using their logo is rather ironic given their own past troubles in that area. It seems that for a long time, their page on the "war on Christmas" included a picture of the Grinch with a large "ACLU" on his hat, but the estate of Theodore Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, made them stop using it because they owned the rights to it. Now it just features a little candy cane graphic instead.
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