To hell with the kids' educations, we want Baby Jesus in his manger - or a reasonable facsimile

Voters incensed over a superintendent's decision to remove a Nativity scene from an elementary school Christmas program took out their anger at the ballot box, helping to defeat bond measures worth nearly $11 million.

Tuesday's rejection of the two measures — one of which would have paid for construction of an elementary school — marked the first time in more than a decade that voters in this bedroom community west of Oklahoma City denied additional funds for their school district.

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The day before the election, dozens of parents at a school board meeting expressed outrage at Superintendent Karl Springer's decision to end the school's tradition of closing the Christmas play with a manger scene.

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"You've got to tell them you're not going to sit by and let them take away your rights," said Tim Pope, a former Republican legislator and leader of the campaign against the bond issues.

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[School superintendent Springer said...] "I had two strong legal opinions that said something we had planned could be illegal. I wanted to make sure we protected our community from some kind of lawsuit."

About 100 people protested outside the auditorium where the play was performed Thursday night. The protesters staged their own live Nativity scene. Some carried signs reading, "No Christ. No Christmas. Know Christ. Know Christmas."

  Yahoo article

Protestors outside a school Christmas program. Well, there's a little civics lesson for the kiddies.

Some parents were angry that Santa Claus, a Christmas tree and symbols of Hanukkah and Kwanzaa were left in the production.

Ooooooh. Now we get to the details, huh? Somewhere down around paragraph whatever after you quit reading.

Indeed, Super Springer, how do you add that up? You thought it might be illegal to have a nativity, but not symbols of other religious ceremony? Good thinking. Give those rabid righteous folk the fuel they need to burn you at the stake.