Fifth-graders at Ralph J. Osgood Intermediate School on Long Island were instructed to present holiday music including the music teacher's own unique rendition of Silent Night that omitted any reference to Jesus, Christmas, or anything relevant to the actual event being celebrated.
For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:
Christmas Music Banned in New Jersey School
Christmas Music at School is a 'Form of Bullying'
Nativity Banned at Florida School by Obama Dept. of Education
School Bans Christmas, Breaking New Texas Law
And also read more news of the secular rebellion against Christmas.
UPDATE 1/15/14: California Teacher Says Jesus Not Allowed in Christmas
UPDATE 12/21/13: Montana Schools and Florida Gov't Reject Atheist Anti-Christmas Demands
UPDATE 1/4/14: Read the long list of states enacting laws to restore religious liberty to schools.
-- From "NY school removes religious references from Silent Night" posted at CBS News, New York 12/20/13
“Any reference to what the song was about — the birth of Christ, ’round young virgin mother and child’ — all of those things were omitted from the version that the children sang beautifully,” said Jackie McDonald, a mother who walked out of the performance.
“To choose to sing ‘Silent Night’ and eviscerate the meaning of the song was not appropriate,” McDonald told CBS 2's Carolyn Gusoff.
“It’s offensive,” one father told Gusoff. “If you’re going to remove words to not offend other religions, what about the religion that that song belongs to, which is Christianity?”
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