‘Good Grief!’ All Biblical Content Scrubbed from School’s A Charlie Brown Christmas Play

By Published on December 17, 2015

A conservative legal firm is pushing back against a public school district’s decision to “censor” an elementary school production of A Charlie Brown Christmas after a family’s complaint reportedly led officials to remove all religious references from the show.

The Alliance Defending Freedom sent a letter to Johnson County Schools in Paintsville, Kentucky, this week, imploring officials there to ignore the sole complaint that was reportedly received about the gospel message presented in the popular play, which based on Charles Schulz’s revered TV special, A Charlie Brown Christmas.

The production, which is set to unfold at W.R. Castle Elementary School, will be amended to remove any religious references — a decision that has left many students, parents and members of the cast “dismayed,” according to a statement from the law firm.

After all, there’s a famous scene in A Charlie Brown Christmas in which character Linus Van Pelt directly recites from the Bible, reading Luke 2:8-14 in an effort to communicate the true meaning of Christmas to Charlie Brown. While it’s beloved by many, the scene is likely to cause contention among those who believe that it violates the First Amendment to permit such a scene in a public school play.

 

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