I have noticed a plethora of these signs this season-more so than in the past. It is a nice message if it weren't for the fact that they are politically motivated and intended to skewer another over their political beliefs. It reminds me of the anti- Vietnam war protest so many years ago when a construction worker in NYC tried to impale a protester with an American flag pole. There is something un-American and un-Christian about using Christmas to drive home a political message. Is the point an anti-Obama one or is it a statement about what some believe is happening in public schools in this country? No child is kept from praying if they want, as long as it does not disrupt the class. No student group that wants to pray before class is stopped from doing so. The only thing that has changed from 50 years ago is that the school or teacher can not lead students in prayer; the establishment clause of the First Amendment so demands. A Supreme Court ruling in 1962 made this ruling.
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