Ed, et al: I know nothing about the play under discussion, but we might consider here the comment by a Philip Roth character (if I remember correctly, the character was Philip Roth), that the song "White Christmas" has nothing to do with Christmas, as "Easter Parade" has nothing to do with Easter. Richard Dougherty
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Ed Brayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics <religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:13:13 -0500 >Coyle, Dennis wrote: > >> >>On the other hand, explaining that the song comes from a play about trees >>doesn't entirely refute the criticism that the school may be driving out the >>"true meaning of Christmas" -- it's a long ways from Christmas trees and >>Santa to a story of the virgin birth of a savior. And the fact that it has >>been performed in churches -- even in Kingsport, where we coincidentally once >>lived -- does not prove that the play has any religious connotation. I don't >>know anything more about the play, but we have potlucks at church, too, but >>that doesn't make them religious activities. >> >> > >But surely pointing to a song in a play that is all about Christmas as >evidence of a "war on Christmas" is absurd, at best, and dishonest at >worst. It's not part of some conspiracy to eliminate any mention of >Christmas, for crying out loud, it's a play ABOUT Christmas. > >Ed Brayton >_______________________________________________ >To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu >To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see >http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw > >Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. > Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people >can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward >the messages to others. > _______________________________________________ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
