O'Bama tree! O'Bama tree!Thy Hopes are so not changing..
Arizona was chosen this year to present 4,000 handcrafted ornaments made by elementary, middle-school, and high-school students to decorate Washington, D.C.'s annual Christmas tree.There's more...
Guidelines for the ornaments include specifications for their size, weight, composition, and the directive that "Ornaments cannot reflect a religious or political theme… Instead share your interpretation of our theme 'Arizona's Gift, from the Grand Canyon State.
In a letter to federal and state officials, including Arizona Governor Janice Brewer, ADF attorneys demanded that they abandon the discrimination against religious viewpoints.
"Banning Christmas from the Capitol Christmas tree is just absurd. Christian students shouldn't be discriminated against for expressing their religious beliefs," said ADF Litigation Staff Counsel Jonathan Scruggs.
"The First Amendment does not allow government officials to exclude schoolchildren's ornaments for the capitol's Christmas tree merely because they communicate a religious viewpoint."
The request was issued on behalf of a mother whose son expressed a strong desire to submit three religious ornaments for the tree: One reading "Merry Christmas," another "Happy Birthday, Jesus," and the third portraying a manger scene with the Christ child.
UPDATE: Fed officials have lifted the ban which would have prevented children from decorating the tree with themes like "Happy Birthday Jesus" and "Merry Christmas."
2 comments:
And that's just weird.
I'm surprised they left the state motto in considering it dares to have the G word in it. Do you have any updates on this? And has anyone ever tried this in previous years?
Fed officials have lifted the ban which would have prevented children from decorating the tree with themes like "Happy Birthday Jesus" and "Merry Christmas."
But that doesn't change my opinion on Barack Obama and his agenda in trying to change the moral foundation of what our country is based on. He was one of the most radical liberal Senators. Being the leader of the free world now he is trying to do everything he can to gain government control over the American people. We have a little more than three years left of his presidency and I worry a great deal of what is to come.
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