Editor,
I’m writing to express my disgust at the religious displays in the SUB, but not because I’m opposed to religious displays on public property. I’m Jewish, and although I think the demographic reality in our country renders simplistic claims that “America is a Christian nation,” I’m also enough of an adult to recognize that of those Americans who do confess a faith, the majority are Christians of one variety or another.
So just put up a stand-alone nativity scene already. Hell, put on a friggin’ passion play for all I care — just let me know the date in advance, and I’ll be sure to stay in the cellar or the attic. But this threadbare pretext of a museum-style piece, coupled with the stomach-churning, white-guilt ridden nod to other faiths, is a bit much. I mean, Eid al-Adha was celebrated six weeks ago. Kwanzaa was invented by a professor in 1966; it’s so marginal that anyone adamant enough to celebrate it has probably gone over to the Nation of Islam already. And as for me and my holiday, I would have liked to decline such conspicuous, drool-inducing, intelligence-insulting inclusion, but nobody bothered to inquire.
Aaron Temple Cress
UNM student
