[Elspode]

I *like* Nativity scenes. I like Christmas trees, and that's what I call them. I'm Pagan as hell, and every year I go to an old folks home and sing Christmas carols. None of this stuff offends my sensibilities...on a personal level. However, it is the damnable thing about The Law that you must be very, very specific about things, or else someone will come along and screw with it.

A government should function like a referee...neutral and presumably unbiased, even if the game is being played in its hometown. Even if the ref fervently hopes for his hometown team to go to the championship. The ref must be neutral, or bias *will* be introduced.

We can all put up a Nativity in our front yards or our church yards. We can put up a Christmas tree, Pagan though it is, and call it what we want in our homes and churches. *Why* do we need to have our government be involved in this? Why cannot our tax dollars purchase neutral and inclusive symbologies? What is the *harm* in using neutral terminologies?

Keep in mind that *I*, too think it is a bit wacky to call a Christmas tree anything else, but I completely agree with the argument that causes it to end up being a Holiday Tree instead.