Merry ??????

I can't take it, I can't take it, I can't take it!!!!

How is saying "Merry Christmas" to someone at school as you pass them in the hall proselytizing?   How is singing a Christmas song doing devotions?  What is happening here?  How far are we going to go to make the world secular?   And why oh why when we spend so  much time and energy on removing God from every aspect of our children's lives are we surprised when teenagers have sex, do and deal drugs and worse, kill their classmates, teachers, parents and the parents of their girlfriends?  Doesn't anybody see the connection? 

Every year is worse.  Every holiday season there is some person who finds some reason to sue an institution or person for having the nerve to use religious words when referring to a religious holiday.  Now we can't celebrate Christmas, we want school vacations for the holiday season removed from school calendars, we don't want our children wishing others Merry Christmas.  Those who are making such a big deal about this could truly better our world if they used that energy toward promoting causes that benefit others rather than spending their energy using the birth of Christ as an excuse to show their own feelings about Him.  We have religious freedoms in this country.  Those who say they are acting on behalf of those freedoms are fooling themselves if they think that by not allowing those who believe in Christ to say so is protection.  I'm all for equal time.  Give all the holidays equal billing, but do not stand before me taking away my daughter's right to say "Merry Christmas" and tell me it's for the protection of her rights.  The hypocrisy makes me ill.  My children go to a Christian school for this reason.  How can someone honestly think that by outlawing religion they are protecting our rights to religious freedom?  Does it offend someone whose not having a birthday on Tuesday to say "Happy Birthday" to someone who is? 

All I know is somewhere someone needs to start recognizing the connection between fighting so hard to remove God from our children's lives and the current state of affairs with these kids.

Comments

[Sarah]

Personally, I think the whole 'freedom of speech' thing these days is a joke. It seems to me that a lot of people just say that those who use Christmas, or *Gasp* Jesus Christ, anything religious and be open about it are invading their rights. What about ours? Either way, someone gets stepped on. It's a sad world we're living in, kudos to you for sending your child to a Christian school for that reason. At least some still invest in their children with a moral foundation.

[Karyn]

Sarah,
Thank you so much for your words of support. I had just heard this debate between a woman and man aguing the legality of saying "Merry Christmas". And, she didn't want their school doing a Christmas Pagent, so, you guessed it, she was suing. I feel as though each year we want to remove something else from the season of His birth. We want our children, our society to know the true meaning of the season, that it's not just about getting presents, then we fight to remove that meaning? Where's the logic? Anyway. You made my day with your comments!
Karyn

[mike]

for the sake of the kids and humanity (pay it forward wish them a merry christmas !