We read at Body and Soul:
I didn't know Christians against Christmas carols was such a big phenomenon. Christians against Halloween, yes, but Christmas carols? Seriously, I can certainly understand that some Christians might object to secular carols, but a blanket ban on all Christmas songs? I've never met anyone who felt that way, and was very surprised that the teacher knew a significant number of families who objected. ... If a significant number of Christians object to singing Christmas carols, doesn't the argument that avoiding Christmas carols is anti-Christian kind of fall flat? I mean, it falls flat for other reasons already, but doesn't that kill it off completely?
I would say that, yes, this phenomenon does strike a mortal blow against the idea that avoiding Christmas carols is anti-Christian. What we have instead is a situation where the promotion of Christmas carols means that the government is essentially taking sides in a dispute among Christians. Why should the government say that one group of Christians is right and the other is wrong?
Not endorsing Christmas carols, on the other hand, is a means by which the government can simply stay out of the fray completely. It doesn't say that one group is right or that the other group is wrong - any more than a failure by the government to assert that Jesus Christ is the Son of God means that it is taking sides with other religions and against Christianity.
The power and authority of the government should never be used to the benefit of one religious position over others unless the government has an important secular interest in the disagreement - for example, if people's lives or liberty are at stake. Absent such a question, the government should simply leave Christian disputes to Christians so that they can work it out amongst themselves (if they can).
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