Christian candy canes

Sometimes I wonder about Christians. Short-sighted Christians have pursuing the "candy case" all the way to the Supreme Court. Thankfully, the high court declined to hear the case.

Here is the core of the case:

The case, Morgan v. Swanson, kicked off nine years ago in the Plano Independent School District as principals prevented self-described evangelical students from distributing religious literature on school grounds. 

In one instance, principal Lynn Swanson stopped third-grader Jonathan Morgan from distributing a Christian-themed bookmark at a winter break party. The boy wanted to hand out candy-cane shaped pens along with a card purporting to explain the holiday treat’s Christian roots.

The small-minded Liberty Institute thought they could ride this case to glory before the Supreme Court and vindicate proselytization in public schools. Many Christians were also looking at this case as an infringement on their rights. I wonder if any of these people thought about the real implications. If they were to "win" this case, then you can bet non-Christians and atheists would have their children passing out tracts and candy on the playground.

So, do you want your young children being handed materials that mock belief in God or encourage them to abandon Christianity for a different set of beliefs? That will be the outcome if the Liberty Institute were have to "won" before the Supreme Court. The high court could not grant special status just to Christians. They would have to have opened the playground to all forms of religious persuasion.

This is where loving others as you would wish to be loved comes into play. If you do not want your children handed candy with the message that God does not exist, then you should not expect to have your children handing out candy with your beliefs.