Is America a pluralistic nation? Think about it.
It wasn't but a few months ago that the internet was hit with a flurry of articles and alerts, and the nightly news frequently reported, regarding incidents of anti-Christmas bias. Courts, city councils, department stores and school districts banned mangers scenes, singing Christmas carols, even using the word Christmas.
I was reminded of this during my interview with Professor William Wagner this past week on his new book, "How Islam Plans to Change the World." We talked about an example in the Michigan town of Hamtramck where Muslims can now hear their five daily calls to prayer over loudspeakers throughout the city which the City Council unanimously approved. See http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2004-04/23/article04.shtml.
We all remember incidents, following September 11th, where schools were not only teaching about Islam, but, as in the junior high school in northern California, had students dress in muslim clothes, pick a muslim name, bow down on prayer rugs to Allah, play Jihad, etc., regardless of their personal religious beliefs. Yet, a teacher was recently reprimanded for teaching his students from some of our original founding documents, such as the Declaration of Independence because he pointed out the (Christian) religious faith of those who wrote these documents. See http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41623.
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I recommend that if you missed my show with Professor Wagner that you listen to it online (dated 3/2/05) at our Broadcast Archives page at http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/changing_worldviews/Archives.asp. He confronts the fuzzy rhetoric surrounding this issue.
© Sharon Hughes 2005
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