Three cheers to New Hampshire's Manchester Union-Leader for today's editorial titled "Suing for Jesus: Christians Fight Back to Defend Christmas." The conclusion of the essay is right on, showing that common sense has not completely escaped America's newsrooms: Rather than accept their exile, [Christians] are demanding the rights they have as taxpayers and citizens, ironically using the same methods the secular left used to remove them from public view in the first place. Defending the rights of a minority being ill-treated by the government would be a natural step for the ACLU if it were still the American Civil Liberties Union and not the Anti-Christian Libertines Union. But it is conspicuously absent in this fight. Christians … [Read more...]

Included in the 6 things not to talk about at family holiday gatherings? Religion. Sigh.... In a similar spirit, let me recommend to you a new politically correct greeting for the season - one likely not to offend pagans, secularists, Jews, Muslims, or any other oppressed minority, and without the vanilla sound of "Happy Holidays" - Happy Solramakwanukmas! But then there's more ridiculousness with the Quote of the Day: "I'm just sick and tired of the Christian people thinking they can co-opt all of Christmas." - Robert Tiernan, a Denver lawyer representing the Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation … [Read more...]

Fox News has reported that the ACLU is suing a rural Pennsylvania school board for allowing the teaching of intelligent design alongside the teaching of biological evolution in the classroom. The ACLU said its lawsuit will be the first to challenge whether public schools should teach "intelligent design," which holds that the universe is so complex that it must have been created by some higher power. The Dover Area School District (search) was believed to be the first in the nation to mandate intelligent design when it voted 6-3 in October in favor of including the concept in the science curriculum. The ACLU and Americans United for Separation of Church and State have scheduled a news conference Tuesday to discuss the suit, which … [Read more...]

The case of an Arvada church seeking to have a float in this weekend's Denver Parade of Lights continues to mushroom in the media spotlight. It all started when parade officials nixed the idea: [Pastor George] Morrison wanted to enter a float featuring multicultural Christian themes and a Merry Christmas message. Parade officials told a representative from Morrison's church, the 4,000-member Faith Bible Chapel in Arvada, that religious messages aren't allowed because they might offend others. I thought the whole purpose of multiculturalism was to prevent offending others. I guess that's only non-Christian multiculturalism. Basically, being a Christian and being present is inherently noxious and offensive. Excuse me? But then you … [Read more...]

PSALM 100 Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth. 2 Serve the LORD with gladness; come before Him with joyful singing. 3 Know that the LORD Himself is God; it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people and the sheep of His pasture. 4 Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him; bless His name. 5 For the LORD is good; His lovingkindenss is everlasting, and His faithfulness to all generations. … [Read more...]