Merry Christmas Vs. Merry Darwinmas

On the Fox News Show 'Huckabee' this weekend, John Gibson was interviewed concerning his book "War on Christmas" (http://www.foxnews.com/huckabee/index.html)

One of the points discussed was the political correctness of some school districts concerning Christmas. For example there is a major concern in calling the holiday's winter breaks and avoiding any Christmas reference including Santa Claus or reindeer. Some school boards will make a practice to avoid Christianity or Jewish references all together but will allow discussion of Islam or Wicca religion under the guise of cultural studies. Gibson mentioned that there may be some liabilities in mentioning Christmas but there are over a dozen Christian legal associations that will defend a school district in such matters free of charge. This was true three years ago in Dover, PA.

This weekend marks the three year anniversary of the Dover, Pennsylvania ruling against Intelligent Design. For three weeks arguments were heard on both sides till Judge Jones gave his elaborate verdict. The following is a paragraph taken from Discovery.org, one of the main websites representing Intelligent Design. Speaking of this December 20^th John West writes:

Today marks the third anniversary of Judge John Jones' attempt to ban science classroom discussions of intelligent design in the Kitzmiller v. Dover case. In the three years since Jones' decision was announced, it has not worn well. Judge Jones' supposedly devastating critique of intelligent design turned out to be cut and pasted (factual errors and all) from a document written by lawyers working with the ACLU. Law professors (including some who oppose intelligent design) have skewered Jones' embarrassing judicial opinion as poorly argued and unpersuasive. And many of the alleged factual claims on which Judge Jones based his opinion have been refuted. In the meantime, public interest in intelligent design has continued to grow, as has support for academic freedom to question Darwinism (no doubt encouraged by this year’s theatrical documentary Expelled). Darwinists, alas, have yet to learn the futility of trying to win scientific debates by court orders and intimidation. No matter—although Darwinists may not believe in free speech and debate, the vast majority of Americans do.

It was apparent that political correctness goes beyond mentioning Christmas into not mentioning any tenants of ID or Creationism. As discussed in this blog before there is one holiday coming up that public schools will honor ... Darwin Day. Merry Darwinmas on that day!