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Blog Posts By Charles_Haynes
Nowhere are the "Christmas wars" more explosive - and nowhere do people feel the stakes are higher - than in public schools. In schools around the country, the December "holiday" (aka "Christmas") assembly has become a high-stakes contest that stirs deep emotions.
For many people on all sides, the argument isn't really about Christmas songs or Nativity pageants - it's about who gets to decide what kind of society we are. Schools, after all, are where we define who we are as a nation.
The depth of the divide is illustrated by two requests for help I recently received. The first was from an elementary-school principal struggling to figure out if her school's plans for the December program would pass constitutional muster. The proposed script includes a skit about Santa Claus that ends with a Nativity re-enactment during the singing of "Silent Night."
The second was from a parent in another town who is upset because all mention of Christmas has been banned in her child's school.
Both approaches are wrongheaded and divisive. Both violate the spirit, if not the letter, of the First Amendment. ...
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