With holiday season right around the corner, Starbucks has reintroduced their “Christmas” cups. Or they haven’t. Now for some reason, a majority religion is crying persecution because their “Christmas spirit” has been forcefully removed. We, the ever so salty newspaper staff of Arlington High, are outraged.  Now Christmas has been “ruined” due to us not having Christmas trees on our cups. And now we’ve got logs to burn with Starbucks.

Why do Christians always cry persecution because people don’t accept their religion as the be-all end-all of religions? Newsflash people, there are hundreds of religions throughout the world, all with the same amount of credibility that Christianity has.

Would there be an outcry if Starbucks started putting Islamic scripture on their cups? Absolutely, and that is the problem; there is a call for religion on these cups but no one is calling for equal projection, just one to plaster the beverages in crosses and depictions of Jesus. While that may be a bit extreme, as all they removed was snowmen and flakes of our favorite form of water,  the fact remains that the argument is that ‘Starbucks is taking Christ out of Christmas.’

Well, the logo itself – the renowned Siren – is in fact a pagan goddess. Why would you want your precious Christmas spirit adjacent to such an image that stands for obsession, addiction and death? Because the fact is, most people simply don’t care. It’s a company, operating in the private sector, and has every right to choose their cup design, logo and product.