Michigan city defends itself against accusations of favoring

So the city of Dearborn got sued for officially recognizing Muslim holidays on its calendar while ignoring Christmas, Easter, and just about everything else. And their response? They're blaming the lawsuit on their "welcoming nature." That's the legal equivalent of a kid who ate the whole cake saying he was just being friendly to the bakery.

Maybe we're missing something here, but a city government is not a mosque, a church, or a synagogue. It's a municipal corporation. Its job is to plow the snow, run the water, and make sure the buses run on time. When it starts picking favorites among religions, that's not diversity — that's a celebration of difference turning into a hierarchy of belief. The lawsuit isn't an "attack" on Dearborn's charm. It's a fairly straightforward question: if you're giving paid time off for some religious observances, why are you ignoring others?

There's an easy way to avoid all this, and it doesn't require abandoning the city's character. Equal treatment isn't an attack on anyone's faith. A few days off for everyone, or a genuine neutral calendar, would end the legal fight in an afternoon. But calling the people who asked the question bigoted isn't a policy. It's a dodge. And watching a city run to the "they just don't like us" excuse says more about its confidence in its own position than any of the lawsuit's filings ever could.

We expect the mayor's office to have better judgment than this. Claiming victimhood over a routine legal challenge isn't leadership, and it makes the city look smaller than its welcome mat.