Recently, an atheist student organization at The University of Texas at San Antonio set up a “Smut for Smut” booth allowing students to exchange their religious scriptures (mostly the Holy Bible) for pornography. Unsurprisingly, they got the idea from another group at The University of Texas at Austin. If the “Smut for Smut” exchanges begin to spread across the country, many readers will undoubtedly ask why such displays aren’t banned by campus speech codes due to possibly “offensive,” “disrespectful,” or “demeaning” content. Of course, the answer to that question is simple: Campus speech codes were not designed to preserve our Judeo-Christian heritage through an equal application of rules. They were designed to destroy it through a selective application of rules. And that is why we observe that a) atheist students are free to call the Word of God “smut” and “pornography” in between campus showings of hard-core porn films, while b) religious students are prevented from using offensive terms like “Christmas.” It almost gets depressing when you look at schools like Auburn University – a school that is preparing for the lighting of a Holiday Tree, instead of the lighting of a Christmas Tree – a term deemed too offensive and “under-inclusive” in the postmodern era of higher education. And this kind of thing is happening at Auburn, not merely at schools like Brown and Harvard. But note that in the last paragraph I said it “almost” gets depressing. Enter Laura Steele (steellc@auburn.edu), a member of the Auburn Student Government Association (SGA). She and a few other members of the SGA have sent forth the following resolution – one that should serve as a model for students seeking to Roll back the Tide of diversity that has consumed other southern schools like the University of Alabama: RESOLUTION Whereas, a decorated tree is the traditional, historical symbol of Christmas; and Whereas, the Christmas tree is a decorated tree celebrating and symbolizing the historical Christmas season; and Whereas, a tree has historically been known as a Christmas Tree in the State of Alabama, the United States of America and around the world; and Whereas, the tree has historically been known as a Christmas Tree on Auburn’s campus; and Whereas, calling the tree a Christmas Tree preserves historical correctness and embraces religious diversity; and Continued... |