Letters to the Editor (Editorial Policies)
Posted on January 25, 2007

In God I trust

It seems like today any time a Christian does something “Christianly” they get crucified for it. I am a Christian, and I do not have a problem with Keith Ellison swearing on the Quran, whatever makes him the most honest, but Sarah Delia’s article last Thursday seemed to be as much of an unprovoked attack on Christians as a criticism of Congressman Goode. First of all, there is absolutely nothing wrong with posting the Ten Commandments in one’s office, just as there is nothing wrong with being sworn into office on something other than the Bible. The same person who is defending the use of the Quran instead of the Bible should not criticize Goode for having the Ten Commandments in his office.

Also, I fail to see the relevance between what hangs on a man’s office wall to this particular issue. The attack on Christian conservatives by calling them gun-toting, O’Reilly-watching, Confederate-Flag-waving racists is completely unnecessary and completely unrelated. This article is unconstructive and insulting to those of us who appreciate the Bible and feel that Christians equally deserve the right to practice their religion without undeserving criticisms. I am not supporting or denouncing Congressman Goode. I am defending Christians who would like to practice their faith without being pigeonholed as racists or any other disrespectful term.

Jack Harris, senior SMAD major

See, hear and speak no evil

Last week The Breeze commented that JMU students should know better than to give the controversial campus preacher the active audience that so often forms around him on the commons. This sounds like a wonderful idea. However, by printing a large photo of the preacher and his sign-holding henchman on the first inside page of the paper, The Breeze has demonstrated it doesn’t practice what it preaches. A Breeze photographer took several pictures of the man for the issue, and then a six-paragraph editorial was written about the student response to his statements. This publicity will undoubtedly increase the curiosity factor for students that have yet to see him in person. Please do not ask us to “turn around and walk away” when your method of decreasing his audience is to devote two segments of the newspaper to his story.

Adam Ruhland, senior SMAD major