I believe that there are two distinct movements at work in our culture. They are: 1) Anti-Christianity and 2) Anti-Catholicism. During this Christmas season, it becomes easy to confuse the two. I am going to devote some time to the "Anti-Christian" movement in an effort to distinguish the differences and to show why both are areas of concern.
The Anti-Christian movement can easily be confused as attacks both God and Christmas. Many mask their hatred of Christianity and religion by saying that they are being sensitive to others. This appears to be the desired effect of those who have worked to take Christ out of Christmas and make it into a holiday season. They want Christmas to be turned into a celebration of the winter season.. This celebration of winter instead of Christmas, was in effect asking Christians " to celebrate something they didn't celebrate ? winter ? as if they were pagans in the Roman Empire" This has supposedly been done in an effort not to offend non-Christians.
"Too often, school administrators lack the courage to challenge organizations like the ACLU. Gibons says the tactics and strategies of the ACLU in its war on Christmas are the very definition of bullying, and to avoid costly litigation from the ACLU school boards and local governments frequently submit to the ACLU's demands that far exceed the limitations on religious observance on government property that is actually required by law." Last Christmas, Columbia High School in South Orange-Maplewood New Jersey, forbade the chorus form singing Rudolph the Red Nosed reindeer. This was because of the reference to a ...