A STORY OF CHRISTMAS AND FROGS

The Christmas season seems to have the ability to bring out the best in some people and the worst in others. For many, the season is a time to go running into the aisles of the malls and eat and drink to excess. We have forgotten that there is more to Christmas than Santa Claus, football games and parties. It is a fact that our country was founded as a Christian nation. I understand that there are people that do not share that belief and I respect their right to feel that way. They feel that the prosperity we enjoy is simply because of human’s great intellect. They can express that belief without fear, nor will someone force them to believe in the Christian belief system. I believe that our founding fathers wanted everyone to have the right to worship or not worship as they please. Among some of those people we continue to hear calls to remove all aspects of God from our culture. One such person is Michael Newdow.

You might remember in 2004 he challenged the Pledge of Allegiance and its phrase "under God.” Newdow won that lawsuit against the Pledge, later the Supreme Court tossed out his case on a procedural technicality. Recently Mr. Newdow has filed another case to remove the phrase “under God” from the pledge.

People like Michael Newdow have achieved many victories. Many retailers put up the sign Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas. Classical music with religious names is banned at many graduation ceremonies. You might be wondering why I included the word frogs in this week’s title. I have been told that if you put a frog into a boiling pot of water he will jump out immediately; on the other hand if you put him in the pot and gradually raise the temperature he will allow himself to be boiled to death. It makes we wonder if we Americans are kin to the frog. We are setting back in the name of political correctness and allowing our heritage to be replaced by the religion of atheism.