Liked Christmas a lot.
But the Grinch,
Who lived just north
of Who-ville,
Did NOT!
"Dr. Seuss did not say so, but I am sure the Grinch was member of the American Civil Liberties Union. Every December, they crawl out of the woodwork, Grinchy people who seem to live for the fun of trying to get Christmas trees, carols, and crèches banned from public places. These people advertise themselves as friends offreedom, naturally. Their aim is to get . the First Amendment construed to say that carols sung, or trees and crechesdisplayed on public property, constitute the unconstitutional 'establishment' of religion."
"The constitutional theory (if it can be so dignified) behind that argument is, to say no more, unpersuasive. But aninteresting frame of mind often is behind the attack on carols and crèches."
(from the Choral Journal article, "Carols and Creches, Targets of Grinches," by George F. Will)
Allen H Simon says
Erin Murphy says