Bill seeks to protect Christmas at Tennessee schools
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Channel: chattanooga times free press · 2013 · News & Politics
State senator Stacey Campfield has introduced a "merry Christmas' bill for Tennessee. He says the bill will assure students and teachers have a legal right to say Merry Christmas and to have a Christmas tree in their classroom. And while he's unaware of a specific case where Christmas has become an issue in Tennessee schools, the senator says he knows of people afraid of lawsuits and passing the bill would provide them with reassurance. The executive director of the ACLU in Tennessee says quote, "Senator Campfield is envisioning a problem that does not exist. ...Legislators should not be filing legislation just to be wasting paper, and this seems to be one of the things that would be in that category."
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