AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Texas is making sure everyone remembers that wishing someone "Merry Christmas" is now protected by law in its public schools -- and conservatives are hoping similar measures will gain momentum across America.
Garnering national attention when it was approved by the Texas Legislature this past summer, the bipartisan law removes legal risks from exchanging holiday greetings in classrooms. It also protects symbols such as Christmas trees, menorahs or nativity scenes, as long as more than one religion is represented and a secular symbol such as a snowman is displayed.
The law's sponsor, Houston Republican Dwayne Bohac (BOH'-hak), said the law is meant to codify the religious freedoms of the First Amendment and keep "censorship of Christmas out of public schools."
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Why not just follow the first Amendment to start with? Seems pretty simple to me. There's really no need for another law unless he wants to further define who should be censored.
ReplyDeleteI really hate these deceptive headlines. The headline could also read "Texas passes law to subvert the Constitution to force religious holidays on students".
ReplyDeleteThis is absurd. There is a reason for the establishment clause. It's so we don't have to deal with this absurdity.
This law has nothing to do with the secular Christmas traditions of the tree, snow men, gift exchange, and everything to do with legitimizing proselytizing by Christians in our public schools.
It just infuriates me how deceptive these people are, and then they claim to "own" the moral high ground.