SCHOOL TAKES JESUS OUT OF CHORAL PROGRAM

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School takes Jesus out of choral program
Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 1/3/2009 4:20:00 AMBookmark and Share

School busA middle school in Grant, Michigan, may be sending the wrong signal to parents about religion.



As the school made preparations for its recent Christmas program, the choir director became nervous about keeping his job over lyrics to an old hymn. Mat Staver, founder of Liberty Counsel, picks up the story.

"The choir director said that you couldn't use the name of Jesus in the song 'The Holly and The Ivy,' saying in fact that the song [lyrics] needed to be changed from 'Mary bore the sweet little Jesus Christ' to 'Mary bore the sweet little child,'" he explains.

Matt StaverStaver stresses that schools are supposed to maintain neutrality. "To the contrary, [this school's action] shows hostility, and that's exactly what the First Amendment forbids. This is outrageous. We will make sure that it'll never happen again," he adds. "Obviously the educators need education; and if education doesn't work, we'll litigate."