After facing an initial ban from school officials, two sisters in suburban Chicago will be allowed to sing a Christian song at their school’s talent show.
The girls wanted to perform in the talent show at their intermediate school outside the Windy City, but Liberty Counsel founder Mat Staver says they ran into a problem when the school caught wind that they wanted to sing a song with Christian lyrics.
“When it was learned that the song they wanted to sing was ‘Call on Jesus,’ or portions of the song ‘Call on Jesus,’ the school principal and superintendent said that it was religious, it had religious overtones and that they were advised by counsel that — quote — ‘the separation of church and state’ required them to eliminate such material from the student talent show,” Staver reports.
That is when the sisters’ mother contacted Liberty Counsel, which helped them send a demand letter to warn the Itasca Public School District that it could not censor the song.
“As a result, the school officials reconsidered this issue and changed their position, and now this song will be part of the student talent show,” the law firm founder explains.
He decides the school officials simply misunderstood the Constitution, but he points out that while the girls did not pick a fight with the school, they also did not walk away. Staver adds that it is important for Christian students to stand up for their rights so that the door for sharing the gospel does not get slammed shut.
(Source: ONeNewsNow.com)