A Tea Party activist and substitute teacher, Merry Hyatt, is trying to get an initiative on next year's California ballot to require schools to play Christmas music. "It's our right to have freedom of worship," Hyatt said. Rob Boston of Americans United for Separation of Church and State said he had "two words" for Hyatt's proposal: "blatantly unconstitutional." Is it wrong to have kids sing Christmas songs in school?
Christians can't force their beliefs on others: "It's not the government's job to provide you a place to worship," says Ed Brayton in Science Blogs. That's what churches are for. It's mind boggling that Tea Partiers, who say they favor limited government, would want the government to "force non-Christians to take part" in their religious festivities.
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