Banning Christmas: A New Holiday Tradition

How original. Addle-brained school administrators reveal their intellectual constipation. Read all about it.

An elementary school in Oklahoma pulled all references to Christmas from its holiday play at the last minute, but left in references to Hanukkah and Kwanzaa.

What I find laughable is the idea that such discrimination does not denote an anti-Christian bias. As I said, laughable--and contemptible.

The superintendent overseeing Lakehoma Elementary School in Mustang, Okla., banned a nativity scene and the song "Silent Night" from the presentation, which was scheduled for last night, citing fears that non-Christians might be offended and file suit against the school.

Of course, this makes perfect sense. After all, we would never want someone to get the erroneous impression that Christmas is about--dare I say it?--the birth of Christ! And as I've inquired on Vox's blog, recently: Why is it that offending people is only a concern, when the offendees are not Christians? Do you see the conscious deceit, here? This isn't about tolerance. This isn't about inoffensiveness. This is about denigrating, ignoring, and muzzling Christians. If that's what tolerance is, I want no part of it. Notice that such acts almost never materialize after someone complains. They occur when no complaints have been voiced. In other words, the schools are terrified of a fiction. And since when is freedom of religious expression predicated upon not offending someone? I don't recall that clause in the Constitution.

Further, why on earth would anyone be offended by carols and nativity scenes during the Christmas season? Where I come from, there's a term for such people:

Morons.

Springer (the school superintendant) told Eyewitness News of Oklahoma City he was concerned about violating the law since the play highlights the Christian tradition of Christmas above other religious and cultural traditions.

"I just could not break the law," Springer said. "We may have sins of omission occasionally, but we won't have sins of commission. If I know about something that I believe to be against the law, (then) we will take action on it."

What law is this mental giant and legislative expert violating? Well, he doesn't bother to say.

It seems the new holiday tradition across America is the total shutting down and excision of even the most minute references to Christ at Christmastime.

It warms my heart.