Dear Editor,
In the paper of April 14th, on pages 13 and 10, I saw the Palm Sunday celebration on St. Eustatius as well as the commencement of the Holy Week celebration on Curaçao. I continuously ask myself what is the real reason that there is a permanent space for astrology, psychic, medium and spiritual healers in the Community pages while the churches of St. Maarten do not or rarely get that kind of attention.
I have mentioned it in the past but I will mention it again. In approximately 90% of the streets of St. Maarten there are at least three churches of different denomination but our government is determined to keep the Bible out of the schools and government buildings, but come the ending of the hurricane season the government is well represented by the Thanksgiving service.
I know some people will dispute this but there is more music coming from bars during the Lenten season. I am writing all of this because on Palm Sunday last the members of the Anglican, the Methodist and the Roman Catholic churches assembled on the square in front of the Courthouse and marched up the Frontstreet, down the Backstreet to their different churches and I did not see anything mentioned in the paper. I ask myself if I am reading too much into this?
Russell A. Simmons
