School's Carol Rule for the Grinch?: "Last year, when students in the chorus sang Christmas songs at holiday concerts, a few people complained that lyrics about the baby Jesus or angels made non-Christians feel left out. So, the music director for the New Jersey district issued an edict that all songs representing any religion were to be avoided."

Principal Sorry for Reading 'Prayer' Poem: "Maryland public school students are free to thank anyone they want while learning about the 17th century celebration of Thanksgiving — as long as it's not God."

Students Free to Thank Anybody, Except God: "A high school principal apologized Monday for reading a poem called "The New School Prayer" over the school's intercom, which brought complaints from some parents who said it violated the principle of separation of church and state."

It seem every year now at Christmastime these stories begin to flood us. At this time of the year when we celebrate the birth of Jesus, the Son of God, who came to live and die and be a substitute for man's deserved punishment, many wish to forget it is He whom we are celebrating

So what do all these stories have in common? They silence speech because it is Christian in nature. Were these stories about anyone of any other religious persuasion being restricted in expression that reflected their beliefs there would have been an outcry from the ACLU and other "separation of Church and State" groups complaining about restriction of free speech.

However, when an incident involves expression of a Christian nature, it's "forbidden" and should never see the light of day. It seems to me there is a real desire among the "elitist" to suppress Christianity, while letting other religious belief have free reign. Why is this? Is it perhaps because they sense there is truth and reality in Christianity and feel threatened by the Truth of the Son of God?

Perhaps they feel that if they suppress it, it won't be true and they will not find themselves accountable to the Jehovah God of the Bible. I'm afraid they will find that just as "sticking one's head in the sand doesn't stop the sandstorm," neither does ignoring God make His Truth go away.

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