Judeo-Christian principles are basis of our freedoms

Gerry Stearns and Richard E. Wackrow joined the national movement of intolerance in an attempt to keep high school choir members from participating in Christmas concerts at local churches (Daily Inter Lake, Dec. 3). 

The latter, a member of the Flathead Area Secular Humanist Association, claims their group was contacted by “... high school students who were the victims of hateful actions and words at school for expressing non-Christian beliefs,” and “one member of the community about his child’s decision to discontinue participation in the school choir program because of fear of retribution by fellow students for opting out of religious events.”

Though I am not a Christian, I enjoy Christmas music — who can object to Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis or Susan Boyle singing Christmas songs? — own a number of CDs with sounds of Christmas, and play them when we have friends and neighbors over during the holidays. I never felt pressured when I sang the Lord’s Prayer at every high school event along with a couple of thousand other students of all religions.

The First Amendment states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...” The courts (composed of men with no greater insight than you or I) can misinterpret this clear intent in response to the tyranny of the minority, groups such as the secular humanists, but enough is enough. If you don’t want your children to participate, keep them home. 

We are a country founded on Judeo-Christian principles. The Ten Commandments at the Supreme Court and the word God in our oaths of office and on our money are testimony to their importance. They are the basis of the freedoms we have enjoyed since the founding of this country. You and your children are free to participate or not, but don’t infringe on my right to enjoy something as non-threatening as a Christmas concert.

Myerowitz is a resident of Columbia Falls.