Nativity scene is too religious for New York City schools

Nativity scene is too religious for New York City schools

Source Link: news.yahoo.com

WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court has declined to enter the fracas over what some conservatives are calling the war on Christmas.

Without elaboration, the court issued a one-line order on Tuesday refusing to take up a potentially important church-state case concerning the use of religious symbols in public school holiday displays.

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I don't believe that this is a war on Christmas. The city specifically states that no depictions of deities may be portrayed in schools, and I believe the school had a right to do this.

If this had been a war on Christmas, the Christmas tree would have been removed, but the school did not deny its placement in the building.