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Baby Jesus, 'Merry Christmas' Banner Removed From VA Hospital
A manger and a banner reading "Merry Christmas" were removed from a public area of a VA hospital in Texas after someone complained about "overly religious and offensive" decorations. "They ruined our decorations," Vietnam veteran Ethel Holloway told television station KENS. "They threw them out." Holloway said she had been putting up decorations at the Audi Murphy VA Hospital for 33 years without any problems. This year, her yuletide banner turned out to be problematic.
Oh Good Grief! School District Censors Charlie Brown Christmas
There are some days when this anti-Christmas nonsense is enough to make you deck somebody's halls. The latest yuletide lunacy comes from Johnson County, Kentucky, where the school district has censored an elementary school presentation of "A Charlie Brown Christmas." The district also ordered other schools to remove all religious references from their upcoming Christmas productions. At one school, "Silent Night" was replaced with a Christmas version of the "Whip/Nae Nae" song.
Football Coach Suspended for Midfield Prayer Files Discrimination Complaint
One coach prayed to God. Another coach chanted to Buddha. But only one got punished — the Christian coach. Joe Kennedy, a beloved assistant football coach in Bremerton, Washington, was suspended on Oct. 28 after he refused to stop his post-game prayers at the 50-yard line. On Tuesday, he filed a discrimination complaint against the school district, claiming the district did not punish the team's offensive coordinator for conducting Buddhist chants in a similar manner.
Do You Fear What I Fear?
The IRS isn't exactly topping conservatives' nice list this Christmas — so the idea of handing over even more sensitive information to an agency caught leaking it doesn't exactly thrill most Americans. Unfortunately, that's exactly what the Obama administration is proposing under a little rule quietly announced this September. The IRS didn't make much noise about the idea, and considering the opposition — it's easy to see why.
Federal Judge Bans School's Live Nativity Show
A federal judge has banished the Baby Jesus and the Three Wise Men from an Indiana high school's Christmas musical. U.S. District Court Judge Jon DeGuilio, appointed to the bench by President Obama, issued an injunction against Concord Community Schools on Dec. 2. The court order forbids students from presenting a live Nativity scene during the Concord High School's Christmas Spectacular. The judge said that portion of the show is overtly religious in nature. "The living nativity scene impermissibly conveys an endorsement of religion and thus runs afoul of the Establishment Clause," the judge wrote in his ruling.
University: Your Holiday Party Cannot Be a Christmas Party in Disguise
If you plan on having a Christmas party at the University of Tennessee be sure to leave the Baby Jesus and Santa Claus at home. The taxpayer-funded university's Office for Diversity and Inclusion recently released an "unofficial" edict calling for the campus to host holiday parties that do not emphasize religion or culture. "Ensure your holiday party is not a Christmas party in disguise," the organization warned in an online document titled, "Best Practices for Inclusive Holiday Celebrations in the Workplace." Ah yes — Christmas-neutral. It's all the rage on college campuses these days.
School District Bans the Word 'Christmas' From Flyer
The school superintendent in Marlborough, New Hampshire issued a Yuletide edict to the local American Legion post: you can't call a Christmas tree a Christmas tree. John Fletcher, the commander of the local American Legion post, said he was banned from using the word "Christmas" to promote the town's upcoming Christmas tree lighting. The event is sponsored by the American Legion and the Monadnock Lions Club.
VA Christmas Tree Ban Causes Yuletide Uprising
Folks around Salem, Virginia, were ready to jingle the government's bells after they implemented a ban on Christmas trees and religious Christmas carols in the public spaces of the local VA hospital. The holiday hullabaloo began last week when workers received an email announcing that Christmas trees would no longer be allowed in public spaces at the Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
GOP Hopefuls Hope to Break the ISIS
While the rest of the West hunkers down to shore up their security plans, President Obama has been jet-setting to Asia to talk climate change. Well, the world is heating up all right — but it has nothing to do with greenhouse gas. Regardless, the president seems intent on minimizing the crisis that even his own party seems to recognize. On the hot seat over his plan to flood the U.S. with at least 10,000 Syrians (and who knows how many terrorists hiding among the refugees), the White House's latest approach seems to be ignoring ISIS into submission.
Swain's World
Universities are supposed to be a place to exchange ideas — not silence them. Tell that to Vanderbilt, where a hypersensitive student body is demanding the head of a conservative black professor for daring to challenge their opinion on politics. For Dr. Carol Swain, this institutionalized prejudice is nothing new. As an African-American woman, she's been threatened, protested, and verbally abused for exposing students to other views in one of academia's elite laboratories of radicalism.
Snowflakes or Fascists?
There was a much-beloved quote circulated among leftists, often attributed to Sinclair Lewis, that "when fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." In light of recent episodes of mob action on American campuses, the quote needs updating: When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in "diversity" and demanding "safe spaces."
Bible Belt Buckles on Students
What's the worst thing a child could stumble on in school? Drugs? Gangs? Maybe bullies? Try a Bible. According to one Tennessee school district, it seems the biggest threat a student could face is seeing a copy of Scripture up close. To "spare" kids this horrifying experience, Bledsoe County Schools is booting the Gideons from school property because a single student complained.
Reality Check
Students at Yale University, a bastion of wealth and privilege, are angry because an employee at the university dared suggest that if white children want to dress up as the Disney character Mulan for Halloween, it would not be inappropriate but instead would be children dressing up as a favorite character.
#FreeTheFro! School Defends Runner in Bible Verse Flap
"#FreeTheFro" has become the rally cry across the fruited plain for a teenage runner who was disqualified from a state championship meet because he was wearing a headband adorned with a Bible verse. John Green, a senior at Georgia's West Forsyth High School, was stripped of his third place victory just moments after crossing the finish line on Nov. 7th.
Teen Runner Disqualified From State Meet — Was It the Bible Verse?
Was a high school cross country runner disqualified from a state championship meet because there was a Bible verse embroidered on his headband? Georgia Congressman Douglas Collins seems to think so. "Religious expression being squashed right here in the Ninth District," the Republican lawmaker tweeted. "This is outrageous."
Might Offend Non-Christians? Man Told to Remove Christmas Display
Jeremy Morris, of Hayden, Idaho, loves to go all out for Christmas. Think Clark Griswald on steroids. His annual Christmas display includes tens of thousands of lights, a Living Nativity, a 22-voice choir and a camel named Dolly. Folks travel from all over town to experience the larger-than-life Christmas display — and spectators say it is indeed something to behold. But the West Hayden Estates First Addition Homeowners Association does not share Jeremy's yuletide cheer.
High School Boots Praying Football Coach
Coach Joe Kennedy has been booted from the locker room at Bremerton High School in Washington State, Fox News has learned exclusively. Superintendent Aaron Leavell placed the longtime coach on administrative leave after he refused to stop his post-game prayers.
Intentional Grounding of Coach's Rights
Joe Kennedy is a veteran of two wars — but now he's fighting a new enemy: political correctness. The Bremerton football coach didn't spend 20 years defending freedom only to have his stolen, but that's exactly what the school district is threatening. A week and a half after the revered coach put his job on the line by resuming his midfield prayer, the Washington State Education Superintendent is lining up with the opposition.
Time for a Hail Mary? School Threatens to Fire Praying Football Coach
A school district in Washington State has decided to play hardball with a football coach who refused to stop his mid-field, post-game prayers. I received an exclusive copy of a three-page letter sent to Bremerton High School Coach Joe Kennedy from Superintendent Aaron Leavell. The nutshell? Coach Joe must stop praying or he will be punished.