From the "people are stupid" file
Christmas trees, while widely used by Christians, are not symbols of Christianity. Try telling that to UNC librarians:
Aside from the fact that a UNC Chapel Hill library is a public facility, Michalak said, libraries are places where information from all corners of the world and all belief systems is offered without judgment. Displaying one particular religion's symbols is antithetical to that philosophy, she said.
“We strive in our collection to have a wide variety of ideas,” she said. “It doesn't seem right to celebrate one particular set of customs.”
So...put up a menorah and decorate one of the trees in Celtic or Roman fashion, then.
People are dum and stoopid.
Aside from the fact that a UNC Chapel Hill library is a public facility, Michalak said, libraries are places where information from all corners of the world and all belief systems is offered without judgment. Displaying one particular religion's symbols is antithetical to that philosophy, she said.
“We strive in our collection to have a wide variety of ideas,” she said. “It doesn't seem right to celebrate one particular set of customs.”
So...put up a menorah and decorate one of the trees in Celtic or Roman fashion, then.
People are dum and stoopid.