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Blogs > Liberty and Power > NATIVITY SCENES, KWANZAA, MENORAHS, AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL MONOPOLY

Dec 27, 2003

NATIVITY SCENES, KWANZAA, MENORAHS, AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL MONOPOLY

by Liberty and Power

Here is another reason to support the separation of school and state .

Principal Karen Davis of Horsham’s Dorothea Elementary School in Montgomery County, Maryland has ordered the removal of a nativity scene display but allowed other displays to remain in place including a Menorah and an item representing Kwanzaa . Her reasoning is strained. She claims that “Kwanzaa isn’t a religious holiday and the Menorah is as much of a cultural symbol as it is a religious symbol.”

Unfortunately, the existence of the public school monopoly, which forces parents and children with diverse perspectives into a “one best system,” guarantees that silly stories of this type will continue to plague us on an annual basis.

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