B. U. G. S.

Every time Christians try to celebrate Christmas, somebody says:

“I am offended.”

You keep telling Christians what should be forbidden in the public schools, in public displays. You tell them they can’t say “Merry Christmas,” they have to say, “Season’s Greetings.” Christians are bending over backwards so you won’t yell:

“I’m offended!”

Christmas used to be fun. Now we can’t relax and celebrate it because one of you is going to suddenly shout:

I’m offended!”

So we all know you are telling us what we can do at Christmas, but you are doing a sloppy job of it. All this uncertainty destroys the joy of Christmas, a time when everybody used to relax and have a good time.

Maybe we could enjoy Christmas again if all of you Modernist Christians, Jews, atheists, Moslems, Hindus – ALL of you – would get together and tell us exactly what we ARE allowed to do at Christmas.

Is “Merry Christmas” allowed at all? Will a teacher be fired for wishing her class a “Merry Christmas” on the grounds of a school that receives any public money?”

Could you give us the EXACT geographical limits in which the name of Christ might be mentioned?

The Ford and Carnegie Foundations could spend tens of millions of dollars hiring thousands of professional liberals to write a tome of regulations on Christmas that is as large as the Federal Income Tax Code.

For example, the highways are paid for by the public. Are cars allowed to ride on those publicly-financed highways carrying the sign of the fish, which everybody knows is a CHRISTIAN symbol?

Does this OFFEND you? Should highways that you pay for with your tax money be used to help offend you this way?

If you are going to dictate, then go ahead and dictate. No more hints, no more sudden bursts of temper and random lawsuits.

We seem to have all agreed that non-Christians have the right to tell Christians what they can do at Christmas.

But with power comes responsibility. You have the power, so you have the responsibility of using it and being clear about it.

Stop acting like spoiled children and being offended at this and at that. Tell Christians, in plain English, what they will be ALLOWED to do.