Christmas: A Proposal Concerning the National Holiday
Whym Rhymer
December 12, 2006
Holiday Trees went Up
A rabbi wanted a menorah too
His lawyer said he would sue
The airport didn't know what to do
Holiday Trees came down
The rabbi became a hated man
He had to quickly develop a plan
lawsuit plans went in the can
The Holiday Trees are back
Its a good thing the airport decided to put up "Holiday Trees" and not "Christmas Trees," Christmas is contentious!
Yes! Christmas is a National Holiday so Sea-Tac would have been within their "legal" rights to put up signs saying: "These are Christmas Trees, Christmas is a National Holiday, so if you don't like it, find the nearest exit." They preferred, of course to go PC and call them "Holiday Trees" in a "Holiday Display."
One simple question that might set your minds aflutter:
Since the First Amendment to the Constitution specifically states:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . ."
doesn't the law establishing a Christian holiday as a National Holiday constitute the establishment of Christianity as the "National religion?"
To answer my own question, Yes! Of course it does! Christianity is clearly the United States National religion so I propose that the government should immediately stop the pretence and either revise the First Amendment to include the words "except Christmas" after the word "religion" OR change the name of the holiday, rename it "All Gods Day" or something like that, so it conforms to the Constitution.
Oh! Before I forget, Merry Christmas!
Links:
Seattle Post Intelligencer: Treeless in Seattle? The port stumbles
Los Angeles Times: Oh! No Christmas trees?
From the blogosphere:
Red State American: Christmas trees are going back up at Sea-Tac airport
Christmas Spirit: This can happen only in America
Whymrhymer's fresh perspectives on today's news, as published here, also appear at My View from the Center and at the Blogger News Network
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