Dolly Parton has been ubiquitous this holiday season. Every time you turn on the TV, one of her specials or movies is on. She’s almost as big a part of Christmas as snow, the Rockettes, and Penatonix.
Dolly wears her Christianity on her sleeve, but it never grates. She is loved and admired by blue as well as red America. Why?
Because Dolly represents the Christianity of the Christmas carols. She offers compassion, tolerance, and inclusion, not anger and Trumpist bile. It’s a refreshing change, to say the least.
There is a message there for the religious right–not that they will pay any attention to it.