November 19, 2004
Political Correctness Strikes Again.
My friend, the lovely Dawn Eden (aka 'Good Dawn'), has an op-ed in today's New York Post. It's about religious music being banned at her alma mater's 'holiday concert' and it's a sad story. 'Out are Handel, the Jewish hymn "Ma'oz Tzur" and "Joy to the World", she writes. 'In are generic seasonal tunes like "Winter Wonderland" and "Frosty the Snowman." From the sublime to the mediocre.'
Dawn is a music expert and also writes often about faith, and this piece seems to combine her two interests perfectly. Her one mistake seems to be not plugging her blog in her bio notes at the bottom but that doesn't mean you should miss out: check out Dawn Patrol.
Posted by Karol at November 19, 2004 09:01 AM | TrackBackTechnorati Tags:
Yeah, I read these kind of articles with sadness each year though I commend the good Dawn for an interesting and stirring piece. Even worse, as John Derbyshire pointed out last year, is that "holiday songs" include religious hymns for Hannukah and Kwanza and of course Silver Bells, Frosty and Rudolph.
From marriage to the movies (how many Academcy Awards do you think Mel is going to win?) to holidays to the courtrooms there is an unrelenting campaign against religion in general and Christianity in particular being launched by society.
I didn't think I loved Dawn as much as I do after reading this....Dawn, you should read Persecution by David Limbaugh...It's about the systematic removal of religious references from public life for politically correct ends.
Posted by: Dorian at November 19, 2004 10:14 AMI totally agree. My favorite Christmas song is "Do You See What I See?", which is overtly religious. Though it was written by Jews.
Posted by: Yaron at November 19, 2004 11:06 AMthis deeply offends me - from a music point of view, not a religious one.
Posted by: scot at November 19, 2004 11:17 AMIt is a crime against music and education not to have a chorus perform Handel.
The state-sponsor church of Secular Humanism continues to enforce its atheist orthodoxy.
