[ladylib]

Lou Dobbs just had a story tonite about a school that had Santa Claus to see the kids last year. He was a minister and he made the mistake of asking the kids why Christmas was celebrated. A child said it was Jesus' birthday.

Well, of course, the ACLU got all over that one, so he won't be asking kids any questions this year. An interviewed ACLU member said she would prefer that he not ask that kind of question.

One mother said that she thought it was a legitimate question to ask. Even if you are not a religious person, most people are aware of why Christmas is celebrated, and it's not because it's a huge retail holiday. The ACLU woman actually said, "What would happen if you asked a Buddhist child, a Muslim child?"

Well, I would expect that if a Buddhist child or a Muslim child in America didn't live in a cave somewhere, he would answer Jesus' birthday. Most people consider Jesus' birth an historic event.

We have students in CA who are taking classes in the Muslim religion and we also have schools that completely marginalize Christianity.

It's time to tell public school officials that they either ignore ACLU complaints about Christian holidays or they're going to lose Christian students.

[Kuksool]

Many school districts offer day-offs for Muslim Holidays. If students ask teachers why are they off these days, I doubt the ACLU would complain if teachers talk about Islam. The ACLU supports the "Separation of Church & State", not the "Separation of Mosque & State".