A victory for “Away in a Manger”
By Jay Sekulow

“Late last week at the Lakeview Elementary School in Wilson County, Tennessee, moms and dads, grandparents, aunts and uncles gathered at the school to watch the performance of the elementary students’ Christmas program. Also in attendance were three lawyers, including our Senior Counsel from the American Center for Law and Justice. The Wilson County School System has been sued by the ACLU because last year’s program included the singing of the song, “Away in a Manger.”

As this case was filed in federal court, the American Center for Law and Justice represented school officials. I wanted to make sure that the ACLU’s censorship attack would not be successful, and I am happy to report that at the program last week, students sang “Away in a Manger” in the presence of three lawyers and no additional legal action has been taken. But isn’t it ridiculous that three lawyers had to monitor what fifth and sixth graders would be singing at the school’s event? Have we reached a point in our culture where students singing a song that some might disagree with can now become a basis of censorship? For all the ACLU’s talk of championing freedom of speech, they certainly weren’t championing the freedom of speech of these students. The good news is that reason prevailed and the song was sung.

Let’s not forget that the First Amendment of the United States Constitution protects religious speech and religious speakers. The Supreme Court has consistently held that the Establishment Clause does not license government to treat religious people or religious practices as if they are subversive (of) the American Republic and subject to unique disabilities. As early as 1892, the Supreme Court recognized that we in the United States are a “religious nation.” Justice O’Connor noted during the famed Pledge of Allegiance case: “It is unsurprising that a Nation founded by religious refugees and dedicated to religious freedom should find references to divinity in its symbols, songs, mottoes, and oaths. Eradicating such references would sever ties to a history that sustains this Nation even today.” ”

The ACLJ is fighting the good fight. Even Wal-Mart is allowing their employees to say “Merry Christmas” again without fear. As this article points out, this nation was founded by people who came here seeking freedom from attacks on their religion now here we have the ACLU attacking that same religion, Christianity. Whether a person likes it or not, the United States was founded on the combined principles of Democracy and Christianity. Our money says In God We Trust on it. Not “In Atheism” or “In Allah” or “In Buddha”.

The ACLU continuously works at eroding and destroying the foundation of America, so thank God we have the ACLJ to fight back against them!

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