It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. To practicing Christians and even some nonbelievers who just like the season’s hope and joy, Christmas is the capstone of the year.

To a vocal minority of angry secularists, Christmas is an offensive reminder of the innate religiosity of the American culture that has imbued our public life since the inception of the republic. They have spent decades attempting to drive God from the public square with much success. They have redefined the “separation of Church and State” from the intent of the Founders – no state-mandated and supported religion such as the Church of England at the time – to a ban on any hints of religiosity in the conduct of public business.