ABSTRACT
Early one December day some years ago, the principal of a public elementary school somewhere on Long Island called the executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union. “Ira,” he said, “Please don’t tell anyone I’m calling you, but we’re having an assembly next week, and I want to know whether it is okay for us to sing a few Christmas carols.” Ira replied: “Joe, please don’t tell anyone that I told you this, but just go ahead and do it!”
