No Candy Cane For You!

It's also interesting that it seems only to be the Christian faith that is uder fire.  The enemies of Christ seem to be eager to show deference for any other faith system.  I know Christians are suppose to turn the other cheek. But we are also suppose to be salt and light.  I think we have to take a firm stand and assert our God given & constitutional right to celebrate Christmas ( a legal holiday, after all) and any other holy day of our church publicly.  A lot of the problem starts in the universities, I think.  My niece just graduated from a state college and has adamantly stated that religion is only good for dividing, controlling and alienating.  When I tried to discuss with her the differences between faith & religion (calmly and kindly), there was contempt on her part and the statement that I was just proving her point.  She went on to tell me that she had had religious studies and knew what she was talking about.  Her reading list from the class included Richard Dawkins, some guy named Mills who had written a book titled "The Thinking Person's Response to Christain Fundamentalism" and Bill Maher (of all people) who apparently made some film on religion.  This is the atmosphere & philosophy many of our teachers and "educators" are coming out of.  God help our children!

It's sad to see how America is starting to persecute Christians and their beliefs.

What's happened to Bilble Belt Dallas, Tx & it's suberbs. We were married in Dallas & I attended Christ For The Nations Bible Institute School. I've always looked at Dal. Tx. as being the Pinnacle of the Christian Faith & it's churches. Just to brainstorm...how about it's Christian Citizens rising up to form a Christian school where all Christian Kids could attend for free with donations from all of Dallas County's many thousands of Christians. Something has got to give in these ridiculous situations.

Wow, that is crazy about the bricks!  I don't understand all the fear that seems to be surrounding their need to control whether or not Christmas is mentioned/referenced in any way.  Do they feel the same way about Kwanzaa and Hanukkah?  Are those strictly forbidden too?  Why not just include all of these holidays?  As long as none are excluded, what is the problem?  Now, if people were having a fit that *only* Christmas was celebrated, then I would agree.  In a public school, kids should learn about all of the different holiday celebrations and all should be treated with respect.

I live in Plano and have followed the case for a while.  It is very troubling that my tax dollars go to support the districts fees to fight something I believe in.  There was another issue in recent years where people could make a donation to a city fund and receive a brick to make up part of a wall and/or path at the park site.  People compained that some of the bricks had religious messages, so they DUG THEM UP and turned them upside down!  Of course the donors were in an uproar.  They evenually 'righted' the bricks but decided that no more religious references could be engraved, regardless of the donation.  It's so strange that our suburb of Dallas is going down a path so far away from what the majority of residents believe in.  Wouldn't tolerance be allowing any student to pass out info about any religion?  I would welcome the opportunity to share with my child why we believe what we do, instead of what someone else believes.

How do they handle Halloween?  Betcha they don't confiscate candy corn and Jack-o-lanterns, skulls or witches.  Maybe they don't allow ghosts , tho since that may be admitting there may be an afterlife.  How ridiculous.  Really , as Christians we have to reconsider homeschool as a better alternative than this!