Ban the Discomfort of Fools

The message below was written by a graduate of The College of William and Mary, Class of 1951, and it is published here with permission.

As graduates we should look at this message and consider the secular attack upon the Wren Cross as well as upon our very founding concept of "freedom of religion." The Founders stressed "freedom of religion" not freedom from religion. As we continue in the worthy effort to restore the Wren Cross to its rightful place, keep the following words near.


December 6, 2006

Dear Mr. Haley,

Thank you for all that you are doing regarding Save The Wren Cross. The following is from my father. He is a graduate of the Class of 1951. Kitty

BAN THE DISCOMFORT OF FOOLS

Our freedom of religion
Isn't meant to suggest
That we ought to pander
To a faux holiness
By which some do accuse
Others of presumed offense.
With such a tenuous standard
All faiths then are addressed
So that none be practiced -
Effectively suppressed!
If president Nichol,
Our posturing eminence,
So perceives the cross of Christ
He should of course go hence!

-William A. Watson
The Class of 1951