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Mon Dec 12, 2016, 07:05 AM Dec 2016

Texas school gets in trouble with Ken Paxton over 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'

A Charlie Brown Christmas — the classic TV special about childhood innocence and the true meaning of the holidays — has landed Texas school officials in the principal's office.

Despite a rebuke from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, administrators at Killeen ISD are defending their decision to tell a staffer to take down part of a poster of the character Linus reciting a Bible verse.

"Our employees are free to celebrate the Christmas and holiday season in the manner of their choosing," the district said Friday in a statement to KWTX-TV. "However, employees are not permitted to impose their personal beliefs on students."

A day earlier, Paxton had called on the school board to reverse the district's "unlawful decision," KWTX reported.

Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2016/12/11/texas-school-gets-trouble-ken-paxton-charlie-brown-christmas

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Texas school gets in trouble with Ken Paxton over 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' (Original Post) TexasTowelie Dec 2016 OP
The school is right. madaboutharry Dec 2016 #1
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