The East Point Academy in West Columbia, South Carolina,
recently cancelled its participation in the annual Operation Christmas Child
project - a program that collects and distributes toys and presents for
underprivileged children. Their
participation was halted because the American Humanist Association threatened
to sue the school.
“We received a letter saying we had to cease and desist
immediately or they would take legal action against us,” the principal told
Todd Starnes of FOX News. The body of
the letter includes the following:
"This letter serves as notice to policy making school officials of
the East Point Academy's unconstitutional conduct and as a demand that the
school terminate all promotion, sponsorship, endorsement or affiliation with
Operation Christmas Child immediately."
The principal, Renee Matthews, said “We have a very small
budget and very small legal budget. We felt that we could not risk using our
school funding for classrooms and teachers to fight a court case.”
Congratulations to the American Humanist Association. They won a victory. But what did they win? They can sit back and claim victory over a
Christian program because needy and underprivileged children in Columbia will
now go without Christmas presents.
That's got to make you all warm and fuzzy inside, huh?
Myriam Webster defined humanism as: "a system of values and beliefs that is
based on the idea that people are basically good and that problems can be
solved using reason instead of religion."
Wickipedia defines it as: a
group of philosophies and ethical perspectives which emphasize the value and
agency of human beings, individually and collectively, and generally prefers
individual thought and evidence (rationalism, empiricism) over established
doctrine or faith (fideism).
Can someone tell me what's ethical about denying a child a
bit of happiness during the holidays just to make a point? And what values can you have if you make it
your goal to prevent children who do without on a day to day basis from having
a little joy in their lives, free of charge?
Participation in the Operation Christmas Child project was
completely voluntary and therefore not a violation of anyone's rights. And while the American Humanist Association
might object to the word "Christmas" because of it's historical
Christian context, the word itself has become synonymous with the winter
holidays including Santa Claus, snowmen and other non-religious items and
persona. Anyone who denies that is viewing
the world through hate-tinted glasses.
Hopefully those underprivileged kids in Columbia, South
Carolina, will have some Marines around who can collect toys and gifts for them
since the children of East Point Academy have had their program shut down by
hate filled secularists. Or maybe the ethical
"humanists" send a letter to the Marines as well since the Marines
are a government entity as well. That
would prove interesting, I'm sure.
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