It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like KKKristmas!

196. I'm all about not supporting the religious right or bigots but this looks like a gaudy christmas decoration to me. must be a slow day over at tmz.

Posted at 11:18AM on Nov 30th 2008 by Marion Field

197. It's about time that Christians started doing something to show that this nation will not surrender to these Liberal Idiot ideals. Also a burning cross woyld add to a statment that we will remain a Christian Nation forever. Merry Christmas to you all and keep that Rebel spirit alive.

Posted at 4:30PM on Dec 1st 2008 by Ed Rod

198. OK, well it looked like a flaming cross when I first looked at it. They should put some colored lights on it or something.

Think of it this way.... If you were putting on a play about a KKK lynching and you needed a burning cross for the big final scene... don't ya think this thing would work just fine? I mean seriously...

Posted at 9:20AM on Dec 1st 2008 by Realism 101

199. Sorry, but this thing looks like a roasty, toasty burning cross, and all the yammering about "lighting" a cross notwithstanding, a cross in flames is associated with the worst form of American racism. Any ultra right wing group that markets this is sure to be marketing pillowcases with eyeholes, too. You know why Klan hoods are pointed? Form fitting!

Posted at 10:50AM on Dec 1st 2008 by Golem

200. I own a six foot tall, illuminated cross which is almost exactly like the one pictured; purchased for my family as a gift from our African-American neighbors. To the staff at TMZ...there is no conspiracy...Pipe Down You Silly Little Liberals!!!

Posted at 4:59PM on Dec 1st 2008 by 3Thumpus6

201. The AFA are an extremist group... that I will agree with. As a Christian I share some of the same beliefs that they do... I just don't have the same mob mentality. They are trying to create a witch hunt against gay people... that is just wrong and sick.

On the other hand... this is just another dumb, tacky decoration. It is not a symbol of hate. Just because a group of extremists took an object and lit it on fire it does not make it theirs. The cross has been a symbol of Jesus and his crucifixion long before the KKK got a hold of it. If people want to twist things so that everything is racist then fine. Just remember, when your head is stuck in the ground you can't see the world changing around you. No religious group should be judged by some extremists... just look at the muslim extremists right now scaring half of America into hating anything and everything muslim... it is sick!

Posted at 4:11PM on Dec 1st 2008 by My Two Cents

202. You sure are great at instigating. If you already know there is tension, why do you add more hate. Didn't M. L. King teach you anything?????

Posted at 9:48PM on Dec 1st 2008 by maddy

203. Its a lighted Christmas tree not a burning cross. There is a difference. Big deal and really not newsworthy. Way to go TMZ.

Posted at 2:28PM on Dec 2nd 2008 by Relle

204. 75 what do you think?

Posted at 2:39PM on Dec 2nd 2008 by Relle

205. On the surface, the cross certainly does seem innocuous, and by almost any other organization, it would be. I hadn't heard of this organization, but found in addition to being anti-semites, I found the following:

The AFA defines itself as "a Christian organization promoting the biblical ethic of decency in American society with primary emphasis on TV and other media" It pursues its views and other issues through a number of activism efforts, including boycotts, "action alert" e-mails, publications on the AFA's web sites or in the AFA Journal, broadcasts on American Family Radio, and lobbying. The legal efforts previously promoted by the AFA Center for Law and Policy were eliminated in 2007. Chief among its efforts were the recognition of Christmas in seasonal print advertisements; the criminalization of homosexuality; lobbying against same-sex marriage, and in opposition of equal-rights and hate-crime legislation that would include sexual orientation and gender identity under categories already protected and advocating censorship of print and electronic media.

Posted at 1:24AM on Dec 3rd 2008 by Karen

206. 12. How much do you want to bet, the same racist who wrote the article about Beyonce being photoshopped to have lighter skin, wrote this worthless article. I wish Harvey would fire the bigot.

Posted at 12:06PM on Nov 26th 2008 by Durka

This is exactly what I thought. It's pretty damn obvious. Alas, this is what America has become. Those people (yeah, I said it) get by with murder. Quite literally. Or at least until they try to hole someone up in a motel room at gunpoint and are stupid enough to get caught on tape.

Posted at 12:37PM on Dec 3rd 2008 by blahblahupyours

207. Are you kidding me. TMZ you have morons that work for you. Why try and start Sh*t when there is nothing to start. This is why I do not watch your TV show. Stupid is as stupid does.

Posted at 8:47PM on Dec 3rd 2008 by Guko