If you are so inclined, praise the Lord . . . or at least 6 of 8 Loudoun County Supervisors.

As of July 17, Loudoun County is once more . . . brace yourselves heathens . . . indisputably in the religion business.

With the advice and consent of the County's Finance Committee and the all-important Courthouse Grounds and Facilities Committee, solons York, Delgaudio, Volpe, LeTourneau, Reid, and Buona voted to approve the design, purchase, and display of our very own County religious symbols at Yuletide.

Supervisors Janet Clarke and Shawn Williams opted out. God knows why. Geary Higgins? Absent.

As a sop to the godless, lost souls, and retail sales, of course, we had to throw in wreaths, garlands, Santa, reindeer, and a tree . . . but, oh Pilgrims, what a small price to pay in exchange for not only owning, but displaying at public expense our very own sturdy plywood cutouts of a Menorah, the Baby Jesus, his mom, and a selection of other traditional elements of the manger scene described (more or less) in two of the four Christian gospels.

Oh happy day.

Some pagans, atheists, intellectuals, an assortment of witches, communists, liberals, people from France, adherents to several non-Judeo-Christian religions, and pesky nit-pickers who have actually read the First Amendment to the Constitution have taken issue with our Supervisors . . . but what do they know?

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion?" Surely they jest. Does the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors look like Congress? (Only sometimes)

Next, we designate the pools at Ida Lee as Official County Baptismal Fonts. First the County, then the World.

Deo Vindice . . . so to speak.