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Today Liberty Counsel sent a memo to school superintendents in Tennessee, setting the record straight on a prior letter sent from the state’s ACLU. The ACLU suggests that any Christmas concert, decoration, or party is a religious activity prohibited by the U.S. Constitution. The ACLU letter leaves the wrong impression with school administrators and omits key solutions to common concerns about public school Christmas activities.

Liberty Counsel’s memo points out that public schools can display religious holiday symbols, so long as the religious symbols are accompanied by secular symbols. A Nativity is permissible, so long as it is accompanied by other symbols of the holiday, such as Santa Claus or the Christmas tree. The constitutional principle regarding holiday music, art, drama, or literature in public school is simple – mix the secular and the sacred. “Silent Night” is permissible in a musical presentation, so long as secular songs are also included, like “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”

The ACLU erroneously tries to make the case that schools should only allow secular Christmas themes, such as Santa Claus, and cannot feature anything about the historical origin of Christmas. The ACLU is wrong.

Read our News Release for more details.

Mat Staver on America’s News HQ

Mat Staver is scheduled to appear LIVE on "America’s News HQ" on the Fox News Channel at 12:30pm ET tomorrow (Saturday, December 11). Mat will discuss our Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign and the success we’ve had this year in keeping Christ in CHRISTmas.

If the station posts the broadcast online, we will provide a link to the video from this Liberty Alert that will be archived on our website and on Facebook.

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