the lead plaintiffs in Abington School District v. Schempp, which barred schools from conducting morning Bible readings, were Unitarians...making the point.
no pride of place for Christmas among those happy winter holidaysWhat winter holidays? There's Hannukah and the one made up by a felon specifically to piggyback on Christmas. The problem is that "holiday" is used as a 1-1 replacement for Christmas. Watch a commercial: "What are you going to get her this holiday?" Which holiday? Kwanzaa? I thought only kids got presents during Hannukah. Gift-giving is a specific Christmas thing. There's a reason why the whole thing comes to a head on Dec. 25. We don't have big sales for Veteran's Day, but at least the media isn't afraid to say the word. There's only one holiday and this whole thing was made crystal clear when Lowes advertised "holiday trees". You can argue about many things, but the tree is tied inexorably to Christmas and Christmas alone.
demagogues purport to be playing defense against a plot to "purge religion from the public square,"...but the author just got done saying that this is exactly what's going on and it's a good thing too.
"Reason" magazine has a very misleading title.
Maybe Xreason would be a better title for the magazine????
Exactly. Most reasonable Christians aren't saying that there's no room for other celebrations. They're just saying that they don't think that their own traditions need to be watered down, renamed or shuffled aside in order to accomodate others.
It is starting to get a little disturbing, though. Look at how much anti-Christian sentiment has grown just in the last 10 years! People are accusing us of overreacting, but if we don't react now, when something can be done about it, 10 years from now we might look back and wonder why we just sat on our hands. I've heard some stuff about Congress looking at a Christmas Protection Act, or some such thing, as a way to protect our traditions (while still respecting others' traditions, of course). I've already written to them and told them that if they're not thinking of it, they should...I think it would get a lot of support.