The superintendent of a public school district in Arkansas said it’s time for Christians to take a stand and that’s why he’s decided to reinstate a Nativity scene – in spite of possible legal action. “Enough is enough,” said Jerry Noble, superintendent of the Green County Tech school district. “It’s His birthday. We celebrate Jesus’ [...]
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A group of Ottawa residents fed up with ‘Merry Christmas’ being replaced by politically correct greetings took to Parliament Hill Saturday. “When you tell me I can’t say Merry Christmas, you’re taking my Christ out of Christmas and you’re excluding me, so how about me?,” said resident Bruce Strickland, carrying a provocative sign depicting Santa [...]
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A sixth-grade girl won an injunction to hand out flyers for her church’s Christmas party after a school forbade her from doing so last year. The injunction order says that student, described in court filings as K.A., “is permitted to distribute religious flyers to her friends and classmates during non-instructional time at Barrett Elementary Center,” [...]
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Christmas seems to be taking a back seat in Canadian schools where Jewish and Muslim prayer and worship services are accommodated. Parents are ticked: Some York Region parents are outraged that Christmas concerts and some Halloween activities are banned from one of their schools while a Friday prayer session for Muslim students continues to flourish. [...]
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Here we go again. The Hillsboro School District Board resurrected the classic school calendar debate when a board member insisted on listing on the 2011-12 school calendars a “Christmas Break” instead of the more politically correct “Winter Break”. Even though the audience of 75 (mostly teachers) loudly voiced their disapproval of the measure it passed [...]
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