Red and green elf hats out, 'magical trees' in
OK, one more time...
The colors red and green are not in the Bible. Elves are not in the Bible. These items do NOT have a religious connotation. None. Zero. Nada. Get it??
So now we can have "magical trees". Wow, talk about going to the exteme to make sure no one mentions the true meaning of Chirstmas, now let's introduce satanic rituals in order to make Christmas trees "magical". Do these people understand just how nuts the rest of the world thinks they are when they do this stuff?
Seeking to ensure there was no association with Christmas, a Massachusetts school barred students from wearing red and green elf hats during its "winter pageant," one of many cases reported by a public-interest legal group running a campaign to "educate" the educators about religion in public schools.
At Medway Middle School in Medway, Mass., decorated trees also were called "magical trees" and the school pulled a religious song from the program.
Florida-based Liberty Counsel says it has handled scores of similar Christmas cases, including a complaint against Brookwood Forest Elementary School in Birmingham, Ala., where students were asked to create "holiday bags" for their classmates but told they couldn't include anything religious.
Angels, crosses, or words such as "Noel," all were banned, Liberty Counsel said.
Also, candy canes were prohibited because they resemble the canes used by the shepherds in the biblical story of the Nativity. Red and green colors and Christmas trees were forbidden as well. Hanukkah dreidels were permitted, however.
In Lewiston, Pa., the Lewiston Elementary School prohibited a kindergarten student from passing out balloons to her classmates during a Christmas party because they contained depictions of biblical scenes, including Noah's ark and the battle between David and Goliath
A school spokesperson explained the school was attempting "to separate church and state."
Liberty Counsel said that although it learned of the cases after they occurred, the schools still are subject to legal liability.
The group says it "will make sure that these schools do not commit these same constitutional violations in the future."
Mathew D. Staver, Liberty Counsel's president and general counsel, says "educators need to be educated."
"Students can no longer be treated as prisoners in the war on Christmas," he said. "Students have the right to celebrate Christmas, especially when they engage in interpersonal communication."
Staver said treating as "contraband" anything associated with Christmas, such as the colors red and green, is "absurd and insulting."
"Censoring Christmas is not safe," he said. "It is unconstitutional."
As WorldNetDaily reported, the Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund is pressing officials at three public schools and at a retirement community to allow celebration of Christmas.
In Freehold, N.J., for example, Adelphia School officials replaced the words "Merry Christmas" with "Happy Holiday" in the song "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" in its Dec. 21 "King Wenceslaus" concert.
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