Complaint says Santa unconstitutionally told kids the meaning of Christmas

KFVS ^ | December 3, 2003 | AP

[yonif]

Baldwin City, Kansas-AP -- The American Civil Liberties Union is complaining about a minister dressed as Santa Claus who talked to public school kids about the meaning of Christmas.

The A-C-L-U has asked officials to investigate whether elementary schools in Baldwin City, Kansas, allowed a Santa Claus impersonator to discuss Christmas and refer students who seemed to need guidance to Christian resources.

School officials are divided over whether that made him a bad Santa, but the A-C-L-U says he clearly violated the separation of church and state.

Just to be safe, Superintendent Jim White says Santa probably won't be invited back.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

allowed a Santa Claus impersonator

WHAT is that???

[RightOnline]

How true. We need Santas to fuel kids' greed for the latest/greatest toys and gadgets. God forbid (oops....................sorry...................I actually said "God") that we remind the kids what Christmas really is. Why, that is despicable. I'd rather see them thumbing through Abercrombie & Fitch catalogs than the dreaded Bible.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Why do they call is separation of church and state, when what they mean to say is "separation of state from church"?

[LiteKeeper]

INTREP - Woe to those who call "good" "evil," and "evil" "good"

[footstomper]

A Santa impersonator-- What is that??

Great question. I am waiting for someone to enlighten me.

[Misterioso]

....what they mean to say is "separation of state from church"

....and the separation of church from state.

[im4given]

i hope your not seriously about the comment:

Why, that is despicable. I'd rather see them thumbing through Abercrombie & Fitch catalogs than the dreaded Bible.

[verity]

ACLU = secular Taliban.

[ThirstyMan]

We really don't celebrate Christmas in the United States anymore. We are fully in a post-Christian era. All that remains is this pseudo christmas full of secular fluff.
Really, do the easter bunny and santa clause or christmas trees or even material gifting have anything to do with the celebration of God's mission, sending Jesus Christ, His Son, to atone for our sins?

[sirchtruth]

allowed a Santa Claus impersonator

WHAT is that???

LOL! Yeah, exactly what is that??

[aruanan]

School officials are divided over whether that made him a bad Santa, but the A-C-L-U says he clearly violated the separation of church and state.

Rational people say the ACLU clearly doesn't know what it's talking about since Santa talking about Christmas isn't a church and a public school isn't a state.

[Rutles4Ever]

Nation of whimps....

[bulldogs]

Isn't there any Conservative law groups that take on the ACLU?

[arasina]

Do the letters ACLU now stand for Anti-Christian Leftist Union?

I suppose their next step is to remove Santa from their "Winter Holidays" because his name is derived from Saint Nicholas.

[Lijahsbubbe]

Yes, you're correct. He must have mentioned that all-dangerous Bible. That word must never be used as an indication of something good. Children can only be taught about how homosexuals stimulate each other, how to use condoms, and how to hate our country. The Bible is taboo.

Now let's take that last sentence and look at it for what it is.

The Bible Is Taboo

We're there. Scary, isn't it.

[elbucko]

The "Red Scare" continues. No, it's not the commies anymore, but Santa Claus. The Red Diaper Babies of the ACLU have turned the tables and are now after Santa, Jesus, Joseph and Mary. Allah be praised.

[Lijahsbubbe]

I suppose their next step is to remove Santa from their "Winter Holidays

Oh, you'd better believe it. Santa will be next.

[im4given]

and the bible is what are kids need

[muawiyah]

Given that the "Santa" image is undoubtedly derivative of the "little red man" (an alkaloid found in amanita muscaria) who mediated the spiritual experience of the Saami shaman, it would be difficult to figure out which side the ACLU was favoring here.

I've always suspected they were a bunch of dopers, but now they seem to have stepped off the planet completely.

Hide your stash! It's Xmas and they're loose!