Christmas Music Banned In Jersey School District
The purpose of the Christmas holiday is to celebrate the birth of Christ. Yet, the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the Maple-South Orange school district’s ban on all religious Christmas music including instrumentals, which had been part of the school district Christmas program for years — until one parent complained. In the ruling the Third Circuit approved the school policy that prohibits Christmas selections such as “Silent Night,” “Joy to the World,” “Oh, Come All Ye Faithful,” and “Hark the Herald Angels Sing.” However, the Third Circuit approved concert selections of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and “Frosty...
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