War on the Holidays comes to Arkansas

The chattering class generates gallons of crocodile tears annually about the so-called War on Christmas.

But the only folks launching a war on any of the holidays this time of year are these pundits and the political figures who cave to them. The real war is the War on the Holidays.

The state of Arkansas allows a Nativity scene to be built each year on the grounds of the State Capitol. That's fine, as far as I'm concerned. But I think it's only fair that the state should also allow the Winter Solstice display that the Arkansas Society of Freethinkers wants to erect.

In a democratic republic, the rights of the minority must be safeguarded with the same ironclad zest as the rights of the majority. To do otherwise would be outright discrimination.

Republics are all about the rule of law. You can't just vote to take away the rights of a minority (or a majority, for that matter).

But Arkansas Secretary of State Charlie Daniels (not to be confused with the "Devil Went Down To Georgia" guy) has decided to disallow the Winter Solstice scene, even while allowing the Nativity display. This despite the fact that the Solstice display met the guidelines for Capitol holiday displays that were established years ago.

Now the ACLU is quite rightly suing Daniels over this disparity.

If there's a War on Christmas, then there's also a War on the Winter Solstice.

(Source: http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/2009/12/free_thinkers_sue_secretary_of.aspx)