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    Texas attorney general drops a great big Yuletide truth bomb on school district

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    Texas attorney general drops a great big Yuletide truth bomb on school district
    By Todd Starnes Published December 09, 2016
    http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/...-district.html

    Christmas in the Lone Star state has no greater defender than Attorney General Ken Paxton. So when he read my column about a middle school in Killeen that tried to censor the true meaning of Christmas, he decided it was time to jingle somebody’s bells.

    First, a quick refresher on the back story:

    A staffer at Patterson Middle School was told she had to remove a poster depicting a scene from the cherished holiday classic, “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”

    The door-length poster featured Linus, a scrawny tree and that beautiful recitation of the true meaning of Christmas.

    “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a savior which is Christ the Lord. That’s what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown,” Linus said.

    Dedra Shannon’s poster was well-received among the staff and students – but a few days later she was told by the principal that she should either have to remove the religious references or remove the entire poster....



    ...Ms. Shannon refused to compromise her religious beliefs and ultimately removed the poster.

    “I wasn’t going to leave Linus and the Christmas tree without having the dialogue. That’s the whole point of why it was put up.”...



    ...But it turns out the principal may have inadvertently broken the 2013 “Merry Christmas” law. That law stipulates no school official in Texas can silence a Biblical reference to Christmas.

    “I am proud to have voted for the Merry Christmas law in 2013, when I was a member of the legislature,” Paxton said. “We passed that law precisely because of this type of discrimination against people of faith.”

    Paxton minced no words in describing what happened in that hallway at Patterson Middle School.

    “This is an attack on religious liberty and a violation of the First Amendment and state law,”
    he said. “I am calling on the school board of the Killeen ISD to immediately reverse their unlawful decision.”

    For the past several days I’ve been reaching out to the school district – but so far the superintendent has not returned my messages....



    ...The school board has a long history of standing up for religious liberty.

    Terry Delano, president of the school district’s board of trustees, told me they voted to change the name of “Winter Break” to “Christmas Break.” And last year they defied the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s demand to cease praying before meetings.

    The school district also ignored the Department of Education’s demand that they open all bathrooms to the opposite gender.

    “These strong stances for Christianity and morality often go unreported and unnoticed, but they represent important victories in a time when our culture seems to be rotting in a cesspool,” Mr. Delano wrote to me....



    ...Either way, Attorney General Paxton dropped a great big Yuletide truth bomb on the Killeen Independent School District: Don’t mess with Texas and don’t mess with Christmas. Otherwise, you might just find your tinsel in a twist.
    This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity (futility) of their mind, having the understanding darkened...
    (Ephesians 4:17-18)

    Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly...
    (Psalm 1)

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    Quote Originally Posted by GodismyJudge View Post
    First, a quick refresher on the back story:
    There are some good points in that story..."Christmas" IS a federal holiday:

    “Throughout the school there are talks about diversity. Well, you aren’t being very diverse if you are not allowing the Christians to put something up that refers to a Christian holiday,” she said.

    That’s a really good point. And don’t forget – Christmas is a federal holiday."

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    School Doubles Down on Charlie Brown Christmas Ban

    By Todd Starnes

    A Texas school district said an employee forced her religious beliefs on students after she decorated an office door with a scene from the cherished holiday classic, “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”

    Dedra Shannon, who works at Patterson Middle School in Killeen, was told she had to remove a door-length poster featuring Linus, a scrawny tree and that beautiful recitation of the true meaning of Christmas.

    “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a savior which is Christ the Lord. That’s what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown,” Linus said.

    Dedra Shannon’s poster was well-received among the staff and students – but a few days later she was told by the principal that the decorations had to come down because non-Christian students might be offended or feel uncomfortable.

    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accused the Killeen Independent School District of violating the state’s Merry Christmas Law. That law, passed in 2013, stipulates that no school official in Texas can silence a Biblical reference to Christmas.

    “We passed that law precisely because of this type of discrimination against people of faith,” Paxton said. “This is an attack on religious liberty and a violation of the First Amendment and state law.”

    But the school district defended their actions.

    “Our employees are free to celebrate the Christmas and Holiday season in the manner of their choosing,” the district wrote in a statement. “However, employees are not permitted to impose their personal beliefs on students.”

    The district did not explain how Ms. Shannon was imposing her personal beliefs on students. There are no allegations she refused entry to anybody. There are no reports that she forced young people to bow down to Linus. There was nothing of the sort...

    http://www.toddstarnes.com/column/sc...-christmas-ban

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