Tyranny of minority trumps Maryville tradition

Knox News: “Maryville Mayor Tom Taylor broke a quarter-century of tradition Monday night when he followed the advice of an attorney who represents the city and removed the reading of the story of Christ’s birth from the city’s Christmas tree-lighting ceremony . . . J. Michael Johnson, senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund . . . ‘[This] was a knee-jerk reaction, and it is tragically incorrect,’ Johnson said in an interview. The Alliance Defense Fund is a conservative organization that defends religious liberty across America.”