In giving you this story, I am telling you that the sun rises in the east — but watch the sun rise in the east, anyway:

The removal of a Christmas tree from the Orange County Superior courthouse Monday has prompted a petition among court employees to have the tree — connected to a gift drive for poor children — put back.
The six-foot artificial tree, which was adorned with tags seeking toy donations to ‘Operation Santa Claus,’ was removed Monday after a member of the public complained about the tree being in the courthouse, court spokeswoman Gwen Vieau said.
“It’s a public building and we have to serve the diversity of our community,” she said.
The tree had been put up in the courthouse every holiday season for about 20 years, said Orange County Sheriff’s Special Officer Cynthia Guerrero, who runs the courthouse’s ‘Operation Santa Claus’ effort. She was ordered to take down the tree.

As I say, a very familiar story. But the question is renewed: Should we submit to this new interpretation of what is acceptable in American public life, or should we fight — should we resist? You see from this story that “a member of the public complained.” Well, should other members of the public complain — complain about this new interpretation of what is acceptable in our public life? It’s encouraging that the court employees are petitioning for the tree to be put back. And note that the name of that “special officer” is Guerrero, meaning fighter.

Go for it.