The December Dilemma – Inclusive Holiday Practices for Public Schools
Posted by Barb Van Hoy
Every year Citizens Project sends The December Dilemma to local public schools. It is a primer on inclusive holiday practices for public schools produced by the Anti-Defamation League.
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects religious freedom by not only guaranteeing “the free exercise thereof”, but also by prohibiting our government from endorsing religion (“respecting an establishment of religion”). The December Dilemma provides expert guidance to schools on how the courts have interpreted religious liberty protections for students and staff, to ensure school holiday activities are not only legal, but inclusive and respectful of the great diversity of our country.
Download a PDF of The December Dilemma here.
Tags: holidays, inclusive, nondiscrimination, religious freedom
Posted on: December 5, 2009
1 Comment
jocko
January 7th, 2010 at 8:47 am
But, for the first 150 years of our Republic, the Supreme Court ruled over and over again that the Bible was suitable and even recommended as a teaching vehicle in public schools. One has to believe that these earlier Supreme Courts were much more in touch with the intentions of the Constitutional framers than today’s activist judges. Our country was started as a Christian country and the intent as stated in concurrent historical documents was to provide Christians freedom of worship. Not provide freedom from worship.
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