Happy Holiday

Yes, the following is tongue-in-cheek, but it shows one of many great double standards.

We recently completed the Christmas season.

However, we were told that saying, “Merry Christmas” is divisive because some people believe that there are other holidays more worthy of being celebrated than the birth of Jesus Christ.  Therefore, to keep from offending those who choose celebrate a different holiday, we must never refer to the season that surrounds Christ’s birth as having anything to do with Christmas, even though everybody knows what the season really is.

We must not elevate Christmas over other holidays, as some people believe that there are holidays more important (e.g. solstice, the recent Kwanza, sometimes Hanukkah, or the fictional Festivus), or do not celebrate any holiday at all.

We must celebrate our diversity. “Peace on earth, good will toward men” is bigoted, and anything to do with the message of Christ violates the separation of church and state.

We now reach the holiday that marks the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

However, following the same logic, wishing folks a Happy MLK Day is divisive, because some people believe that there are other great Americans as worthy or more worthy than King of having their birthday celebrated.  Therefore , to keep from offending those who choose to celebrate the life of a different great American, we must never refer to the season that surrounds King’s birth as having anything to do with Dr. King, even though everybody knows what the season really is.

We must not elevate King over other great and worthy Americans, as some people believe that there are other Americans who were more important  (e.g. Franklin, Jefferson, Edison, Gehrig, Ruth, Disney, Lindbergh, Patton, Bell, Wayne, Skelton, Washington, Anthony, Einstein, Ford, Wright, Earhart, Lincoln, Douglass, Hamilton, Hope, Robinson, Aaron, Salk, Tesla, Tubman, Walton, Carnegie, Lewis, Clark, Ross, Ball, Carver, Dunbar, Whitney, Fulton, Owen, Sinatra, White, Grissom, Chaffee, Shepherd, Jackson, Houston, Crockett, Boone, Lombardi, Reagan, the recent Obama or Palin, sometimes Lee, Stonewall & Davis, or the fictional Clark Kent), or don’t wish to celebrate the life of any American at all.

We must celebrate our diversity. “I have dream where people will be judged not on the color of their skin, but on the content of their character” is bigoted, and anything to do with the message from a Christian minister violates the separation of church and state.

Furthermore, even the staunchest of followers of Dr. King (a Christian) would admit that he was an insignificant speck in history compared to Jesus Christ.

Happy Holiday.