The envelope please...

This runs a close second to the "Country divided on whether George Bush is a uniter or a divider" article in the "Most Despicable Irony" contest:

Principal cancels high school's spring play, The Crucible, because of the negative reaction of town's church group. (NYTimes article, reg required, free, no spam)

ETA: The Crucible was replaced by A Midsummer Night's Dream, a play which includes pre-marital sex, drug-induced hallucinations and overpowering lust, and bestiality with a character named "Bottom" whom one *might* call a human-animal hybrid.