Government is now financing the display of Islamic religious symbols on public property—financed by tax dollars. Christians and Jews can’t do it, even with their own money.
Try to put up a cross, nativity scene or Menorah in any city, even with your own money on your own property, within sight of atheists or Muslims driving by. I dare you. If the leftists and the government don’t come after you, your HOA probably will.
I’m old enough to remember when Christian symbols were common around town and in schools—especially around Christmas and Easter. Then they were gradually outlawed on public and even private property—including a local shopping center, whose nativity scene and Christmas decorations had been a longstanding holiday tradition. The Ten Commandments were removed from schools and courtrooms, and the Judeo-Christian religion can no longer be mentioned in history classes, except to disparage its efforts to save itself from Islam’s ongoing 1400-year war of conquest and reframe Christians as the aggressors.
Valedictorians’ speeches, and sometimes their attendance at graduations, have been cancelled for mentioning their Christian faith. I can remember battles over students wearing crosses or menorahs at school, lest they offend a communist or atheist.
The constant battle to keep the cross at the Mt. Soledad veteran’s memorial in San Diego—a landmark since 1913, is a never ending struggle. It only remains today, offending the eyes of every passing Muslim and communist, due to the heroic efforts of private citizens who saved it by buying and maintaining the monument and the land it sits on. But I have no doubt the war to destroy it will never be truly over, and will recommence as more Muslims move in.
My school choir once sang Hallelujah Chorus, The Holy City, Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel and many other spirituals, all the traditional Christmas Carols and even some Jewish songs. School choirs can no longer sing religious choral music, depriving them of the core of the tradition and leaving them singing pop drivel and, if they’re lucky, show tunes. The vast majority of choral music throughout the centuries was religious, but students are never allowed to sing any of it. All the great composers wrote sublime choral music—Bach, Mozart, Handel, Vivaldi, Monteverdi, Palestrina, Beethoven. Never mind though, it is all haram and will soon be off limits for everyone. The penalty for singing or playing it will be death.