A tray of frosted, holiday cookies, a parent takes those cookies to the school office, and a surprising verdict: no “Merry Christmas,” andno “Happy Hanukkah.”
Why? Your cookies would be a violation of our Constitutional "Separation of Church and State!"
Has the world gone crazy?
That moment, repeated in districts across Texas, sparked a statewide push to clarify what students and teachers can say during the holidays.
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