Parents Expose Vulgar Books In Natrona County Schools

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Parents Expose Vulgar Books In Natrona County Schools

By Seth Hancock Wyoming News
Several parents addressed the Board of Education in the Natrona County School District to share concerns with some of the books in school libraries on Monday, Dec. 13.

In total, 10 citizens spoke during public comments with several reading excerpts from books
found in Natrona County Schools.

Some of the books were on underage prostitution with excerpts like “tight pussies cost a pretty penny” and “accepting foreign objects as long as dudes are willing to pay the going rate.” Another book, “Gender Queer,” provided a manual for kids to come out of the closet to family and friends.

“That’s disgusting, 11-year-olds have access to this. And that’s pretty disgusting,” said mother Sandy Norman.

Sarah Bieber, also a mother, said these books were found in school libraries and classrooms from “elementary though high school.”

Bieber ultimately said the board is responsible for these books being in schools.
“These things may not come from you, but they do come to you,” Bieber said. “You have
repeatedly taken federal money in place of our children’s freedom and safety. You’ve ignored parents and treated them as adversaries. We trusted you to be the gatekeepers, the safety monitors.

We trusted you to watch, listen and investigate to help us protect our young and
impressionable children, and this is what we got for our trust. We no longer trust you, we no
longer have faith that you will work with us in educating our children.”
Dan Sabrosky, a father, challenged the board to openly and honestly discuss these concerns and said: “This may not be the last you hear, and the words will get more intense.”

After parents addressed concerns with the materials and the district accepting federal funding, which they say is how these vulgar books have come into the schools, some board members decried that the district doesn’t spend enough taxpayer dollars while one compared the parents to Hitler and book burning.

However, mother Jeanette Ward noted “the previous speakers are not into banning books” and questioned if other books, like the Holy Bible, are in the schools. She listed off several other books by conservative authors or libertarian economists, like F. A. Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom.

“I don’t think that we are into banning books, but it would be nice if these books were present,” Ward said.

During board member comments, Debbie McCullar said: “I do not believe in censorship. We do, in the district, have a policy for banning books, and if there are books on our shelves that you are aware of we can go through that process and it can be looked at.”

McCullar added: “I look back at history and Hitler and burning books… we are being censored daily, and I don’t believe that it’s really a healthy thing for our citizenry. If we want to censor a book, please go through the process that’s laid out in our policy.”

What should be noted is that while board members criticized parents and said there’s a process, they did not explain how the process works nor said how much input parents have in the process.

Rita Walsh, the board’s clerk, agreed the passages read “were offensive,” but said she can’t
determine if a book should be removed based on a passage. She also said she takes “a lot of value in what (McCullar) has to say.”

Board member Thomas Myler said there’s a process and said “that’s about as much opinion on it I can present.”

Clark Jensen, the board’s vice chair, accused speakers of not adhering to Christian principles by addressing their concerns.

“Many of your concerns are valid, but your vitriolic approach is not helping your cause,” Jensen said. “There’s a better way to do it. Most of you claim to be Christians, which I claim to be as well. Act Christlike as you approach the board. It will go farther then to approach us with anger and hatred.”

Board members Kianna Smith and Dana Howie both said they agreed with McCullar with no
mention of the vitriolic Hitler comparison levied by her.

Dave Applegate, the board’s treasurer, said he “certainly hopes” the Bible is in schools as well as some of the other books mentioned by Ward, but admitted he didn’t know what’s in the schools.

He also did not believe in self reliance stating the district needs the federal and state tax dollars.

Applegate called it a “complicated budget,” and “I think a lot of people think it’s too much
money.” But he said if the district didn’t get their hands on the tax dollars of those who don’t
even use their schools, i.e. federal funds, he said the district would have to reduce services or increase taxes.

Superintendent Mike Jennings did say “trustees would not be aware of those excerpts,” but
agreed “they were offensive.” He told parents to bring the books to his attention so the district can use it’s policy to determine if they should be removed.

The Unspoken: Administrators, Doctors, Coroners All Getting Paid

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The Unspoken: Administrators, Doctors, Coroners All Getting Paid

The Unspoken: Administrators, Doctors, Coroners All Getting Paid To Push Plandemic –
Experimental Jab“At no point in history have the people forcing others into compliance been the good guys. The welfare of humanity has always been the alibi of tyrants. Do you not realize that this vaccine does not protect you from Covid, it does however protect you from government oppression.” -Christine Anderson, EU Parliament

Friends, for the record, I am as tired of highlighting the crimes against humanity as you are, but on the other hand, I am also tired of highlighting the apathy and tolerance of those who do nothing in the face of these tyrants (Psalm 78:9).

This whole plandemic has had very little to do with a virus, but has always been about compliance.
If only the people would open up their eyes and ears to see what the pill in the jam has always been about (Jeremiah 5:21), and this for their own good (Jonah 2:8).



After all those pushing the lie do not even believe what it is that they are selling (Ephesians 4:14). Yet, they are profiting off of the ignorance of the compliant.


Recently, the AAPS reported: “Biden’s Bounty on Your Life: Hospitals’ Incentive Payments for
COVID-19.”
Upon admission to a once-trusted hospital, American patients with COVID-19 become virtual
Prisoners, subjected to a rigid treatment protocol with roots in Ezekiel Emanuel’s “Complete Lives System” for rationing medical care in those over age 50. They have a shockingly high mortality rate.

How and why is this happening, and what can be done about it?
As exposed in audio recordings, hospital executives in Arizona admitted meeting several times a week to lower standards of care, with coordinated restrictions on visitation rights. Most COVID-19 patients’ families are deliberately kept in the dark about what is really being done to their loved ones.
The combination that enables this tragic and avoidable loss of hundreds of thousands of lives includes

(1) The CARES Act, which provides hospitals with bonus incentive payments for all things related to COVID-19 (testing, diagnosing, admitting to hospital, use of remdesivir and ventilators, reporting COVID-19 deaths, and vaccinations) and (2) waivers of customary and long-standing patient rights by :
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

In 2020, the Texas Hospital Association submitted requests for waivers to CMS. According to Texas attorney Jerri Ward, “CMS has granted ‘waivers’ of federal law regarding patient rights. Specifically, CMS purports to allow hospitals to violate the rights of patients or their surrogates with regard to medical record access, to have patient visitation, and to be free from seclusion.” She notes that “rights do not come from the hospital or CMS and cannot be waived, as that is the antithesis of a ‘right.’ The purported waivers are meant to isolate and gain total control over the patient and to deny patient and patient’s decision-maker the ability to exercise informed consent.”

Creating a “National Pandemic Emergency” provided justification for such sweeping actions that override individual physician medical decision-making and patients’ rights. The CARES Act provides incentives for hospitals to use treatments dictated solely by the federal government under the auspices of the NIH. These “bounties” must paid back if not “earned” by making the COVID-19 diagnosis and following the COVID-19 protocol.

The hospital payments include:
• A “free” required PCR test in the Emergency Room or upon admission for every patient, with government-paid fee to hospital.

• Added bonus payment for each positive COVID-19 diagnosis.

• Another bonus for a COVID-19 admission to the hospital.

• A 20 percent “boost” bonus payment from Medicare on the entire hospital bill for use of
remdesivir instead of medicines such as Ivermectin.

• Another and larger bonus payment to the hospital if a COVID-19 patient is mechanically
ventilated.

• More money to the hospital if cause of death is listed as COVID-19, even if patient did not die directly of COVID-19.

• A COVID-19 diagnosis also provides extra payments to coroners.
CMS implemented “value-based” payment programs that track data such as how many workers at a healthcare facility receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Now we see why many hospitals implemented COVID-19 vaccine mandates. They are paid more.

Outside hospitals, physician MIPS quality metrics link doctors’ income to performance-based pay for treating patients with COVID-19 EUA drugs.

Failure to report information to CMS can cost the physician 4% of reimbursement.

Because of obfuscation with medical coding and legal jargon, we cannot be certain of the actual amount each hospital receives per COVID-19 patient. But Attorney Thomas Renz and CMS whistleblowers have calculated a total payment of at least $100,000 per patient.

Conclusion: Instead of lawfully dealing with these tyrants, the American people have taken on that somehow or another the same corrupt politicians are now telling them the truth. Friends, there is no truth in them (John 8:44)!

Rather than dealing with their oppressors, they submit to their tyrannical measures. This is neither what the Word of God teaches nor what it is that our forefathers have taught us through their examples (Hebrews 13:7).


U.S. Supreme Court Rules Texas Abortion Law Remains In Place

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U.S. Supreme Court Rules Texas Abortion Law Remains In Place

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today in two cases, Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson and United States v. Texas, that Texas’ six-week abortion ban will remain in place while allowing abortion facility lawsuits to proceed in the lower courts

SB 8, known as the “Texas Heartbeat Act” prohibits elective abortions when the preborn child’s heartbeat is detectable, typically about six weeks of pregnancy, using methods according to standard medical practice. The “Texas Heartbeat Act” took effect September 1 and allows private citizens to file suit against abortionists who are caught violating the law by committing abortions after this time limit.

In Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson, the High Court ruled that the law will stand but that abortion businesses can sue some, but not all of the defendants. The Supreme Court dismissed the federal case of United States v. Texas filed by the Department of Justice “as improvidently granted” stating that the federal government did not have proper standing to file the lawsuit.

Justice Neil Gorsuch issued the opinion, joined in whole by Justices Alito, Kavanaugh, and Barrett and in all but one part by Justice Thomas, and stated that “the ultimate merits question, whether S.B. 8 is consistent with the Federal Constitution, is not before the Court. Nor is the wisdom of S.B. 8 as a matter of public policy.” Justice Gorsuch’s opinion holds that the case cannot proceed against several of the defendants—namely, the court clerk, the state judge, the state attorney general, and the private individual.

Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a concurrence and partial dissent stating he would send the case back with instructions that it be dismissed entirely for “lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.” He also noted the “irony of this case” that “SB 8 has generated more litigation against those who oppose abortion than those who perform it.”

Chief Justice Roberts wrote a dissent (except as to the licensing officials), joined by Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan. Justice Roberts stated he would allow the suit to proceed against the state attorney general and against the court clerk.

Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan also had their own concurring in part/dissenting in part opinion, written by Sotomayor. “I dissent, however, from the Court’s dangerous departure from its precedents, which establish that federal courts can and should issue relief when a state enacts a law that chills the exercise of a constitutional right and aims to evade judicial review. By foreclosing suit against state-court officials and the state attorney general, the Court effectively invites other States to refine S.B. 8’s model for nullifying federal rights.”

Liberty Counsel Founder and Chairman Mat Staver said, “The U.S. Supreme Court did not block Texas’ six-week abortion ban. This case may become moot if the High Court overturns Roe v. Wade and ends its horrible history siding with eugenics.” Liberty Counsel is a public law firm and a news partner with the Wyoming News.

The Consequences Of No Consequences Is A Crisis Of Our Own Making

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The Consequences Of No Consequences Is A Crisis Of Our Own Making

By Marc Kelley
Part of being a nurse is fielding the phone calls from friends and family members, who for one reason or another have need of medical advice. Just one such occasion arose this past weekend and after attending to the injury and hearing the story of how it occurred, I was struck with the notion, this was a teaching moment, applicable to the seemingly unending lack of responsibility sweeping across our nation. My patient is an eighteen month-old little boy, curious about everything, yet profoundly lacking the experiences we call, “life’s lessons.” Winter is cold on the plains of South Dakota. It’s the kind of cold that gets into your bones and there is nothing better to take the chill off, than a wood stove, stoked with cotton wood which produces a lasting bed of glowing coals. As luck would have it, my young friend ventured too close to the wood stove, extending his little hand to touch the brass knobs of the stove doors. It’s not hard to imagine the screams of pain or the tears running down his face as he learned the valuable lesson…a HOT stove will burn you and it hurts like the Devil. His Mom doctored his burn, wrapped a clean gauze over the wound and gave her son a dose of Tylenol. Both Mother and patient are doing fine. Later that day when the little one’s sister returned home from school and saw her brother’s hand wrapped in gauze, she asked her mot

her “what happened?” “Ask your Brother”, she replied. When the query was made, the little one took his sister’s hand and walked her into the living room, cautiously approaching the wood stove. Standing directly in front of the stove the child simply proclaimed… “HOT.”

Perhaps if we all took a page from this child’s experience, we would have a much better understanding of cause and effect, as well as the consequences for our actions. As we have watched the behavior of so-called adults over the past few weeks and months, one can only come to the conclusion, there are many among us who never learned the lessons of life which would help them navigate a world fraught with peril. As staunch believer’s in due process, The Bill of Rights and more specifically, the Fifth Amendment, we believe every American is entitled to the assumption of innocence until proven guilty by a jury of their peers. Over the last several weeks, we saw our justice system play out exactly as The Founding Fathers intended. Regardless of your political view or personal opinion, the high profile jury verdicts of: Kyle Rittenhouse, the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, and the self defense trial of Andrew Coffee, all prove, as corrupt as our system may be, the people who serve in judgment as jurors, will not be intimidated, bullied, or influenced in the court of public opinion.

In an apparent attempt to sway the court of public opinion, last week Alec Baldwin gave an extensive interview to ABC News. While again, not wanting to pass judgment until all of the facts are gathered, Baldwin’s own words may well come back to haunt him. The nearly two hour long interview revealed more about Baldwin himself as a person, than about the shooting on his movie set, “Rust”. Apparently, none of his lawyers saw fit to explain to Mr. Baldwin, what the common man knows as, “The First Law of Holes” i.e., when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. In a series of questionable statements Baldwin proclaimed, “ It wasn’t my job to check the gun,” “ I cocked the hammer, but I never pulled the trigger, the gun just went off.” and my favorite, “I know someone is responsible, but it’s not me.” Baldwin spent a great deal of time explaining how he is a victim, how people have judged him, and how he feels attacked. Alec Baldwin is many things, but a victim in this case, he is NOT. His complete inability to accept responsibility for his own actions, begs the question. If the scene called for him to put that pistol to his own head, would he have checked the weapon”?

Again this week, we learned of another school shooting. This time in Oxford Township Michigan, committed by a troubled young man begging for help, yet ignored by the very people who should have wanted more than anything else, to keep everyone safe from his actions. Apparently, we have learned nothing from the 2018 tragedy at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida. Just as in Parkland, the alleged shooter in Michigan, was well known as a troubled individual. When teachers caught him on his phone searching for ammunition, they took the phone. When teachers found drawings depicting a blood spattered victim shot with a handgun and the caption, “The thoughts won’t stop, help me”, they called his parents. When his parents refused to take their son home, the school allowed him to return to class. Yet after all of this, no one felt the need to contact the police and seek an intervention. Less than forty-five minutes later three people were dead, a forth critically wounded, and eight others were suffering from non-life threatening injuries.

As information continues to be discovered about this tragedy a clear picture has begun to emerge. It is again, a picture of individual’s ignoring personal responsibility, a picture which illustrates how the lack of consequences for one’s actions are poisoning our country; and a clear picture of just how little life is valued by liberal ideologues. Parent’s who purchase firearms, yet leave them unsecured. Teachers union’s who insist, parent’s have no say in their child’s education, yet do nothing to protect the students in their own classrooms. Celebrities who make millions from movies depicting gun violence, then attack and belittle lawful gun owners and the NRA, only to say, “the gun just went off.” Everyone of these people should be held to account for their own actions or their lack of actions which could have saved a life.

Once again as a student of history, I find it very difficult to simply accept the word of another without first doing some research of my own. It was during this process which the legal term “mens rea” was discovered. Having never studied law and frankly never seeing much use for lawyers, this concept seems more than appropriate to share with you. The concept of “mens rea” dates back to thirteenth century English courts. The term is Latin for “guilty mind”, and speaks to the element of a person’s intention to commit a crime or the knowledge, a person’s actions or in-actions would cause a crime to be committed. It is this concept which juries must apply when the question of recklessness and negligence is brought before them at trial. It’s hard to imagine two better cases in which the concept of “mens rea” may be applied, and a jury asked to consider, then the Baldwin case or the Oxford Michigan case. Only time will tell how this question will or may be addressed, if either of these cases actually goes to trial.

How is it, a toddler can so quickly and clearly learn the lesson of a hot wood stove, he can in turn teach his sister the lesson he learned, so she will not have to suffer his fate ? The questions we must each ask ourselves are: who are we as a society, as a community, and as a country? Have we become so numb to the violence, life itself no longer matters, destruction of property no longer matters, and regardless of what we see with our own eyes, we should accept the corrupt media narrative….everything is good, nothing to see here? How about instead of following along with the flock of sheep, we use our own God given intellect and walk our sisters and our brothers into the living room, stand in front of the wood stove and proclaim it “HOT.” Reinforcing the idea no one else should suffer for what we all should understand… there are indeed, consequences for our actions.

Kristalina Georgieva has arrived in Dakar

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Kristalina Georgieva has arrived in Dakar

Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has arrived in Dakar on the second leg of her first trip to Africa since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic Friday (December 10)

She began two days of meetings with Senegalese officials by meeting with Finance Minister Amadou Hott in the morning.

Later Friday she is set to meet with the President Macky Sall, where she will hold a joint press conference and join a state dinner.

She will conclude her visit Saturday with a visit to the Pasteur Institut to discuss Covid-19 vaccine production and to visit a mangrove reforestation program.

Jackson Hole Wyoming Due For $42 Million Facelift Of Runway

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Jackson Hole Wyoming Due For $42 Million Facelift Of Runway

The busiest airport in the state of Wyoming is Jackson Hole. Jackson Hole Airport will be temporarily on hold for reconstruction of the runway projected to begin in April 2022. The project will cost taxpayers to the tune of $42 million dollars and the money is coming out of the federal airport improvement program. During the project, airport officials told the Wyoming News that workers will install a much needed drainage water system.

Air traffic was at about 69% ratio for travelers that came to the great state of Wyoming. This is the only airport in the world that is surrounded by National parks, the Grand Tetons and the Yellowstone National Park.

According to the Wyoming travel industry, Jackson Hole, Wyoming is the place for the wealthy to come play. Most travelers are individuals who have six-figure incomes or higher. The city of Casper Wyoming has a tourist fly in ratio of only 12% for the year well below Jackson Hole, Wyoming, but listed as second in the state of Wyoming for Air Travel traffic.

USS Billings LCS-15 Warship Getting New Commander

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USS Billings LCS-15 Warship Getting New Commander

The City of Billings, Montana, has a warship named after it call the USS Billings. The Navy commissioned this ship into service in August 2019, and then Commander Gerring was the Executive Officer of the ship.

This Friday December 10, 2021, Billings City officials will attend a change of command on board the USS Billings LCS-15, which is the only current active warship ever named with a Montana City.

On this day, it is Navy tradition that whenever a skipper transfers the helm of a ship to a new captain.

The commander Aaron Helgerson, will transfer command to Commander Jeffery Gerring. Commander Helgerson has been the Commander of the USS Billings LCS-15 for the last four years, first serving as the Executive Officer of the Blue Crew, then becoming the Commanding Officer.

Commander Helgerson spent his younger years in Freeman South Dakota, and his sister, Rena Woljet, married director of the Billings Public Library, Gavin Woljer.

According to the Navy, they commissioned the USS Billings in Key West, Florida on August 2-19. The ship is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship and measures 378 feet and will cruise the seas at over 40 knots. The Ship has a shallow draft which allows the ship to operate in shallow water and close to any shore.

Biden Suffers Yet Another Shot Mandate Defeat

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Biden Suffers Yet Another Shot Mandate Defeat

SAVANNAH, GA – Another federal judge has issued a nationwide injunction blocking the Biden administration’s COVID-19 unlawful shot mandates from going into effect against federal contractors.

In Georgia v. Biden, the states of Georgia, Alabama, Indiana, Kansas, South Carolina, Utah and West Virginia, the governors of several of those states, and various state agencies, including the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, filed a lawsuit seeking relief against Biden’s executive order which requires that contractors and subcontractors performing work on certain federal contracts ensure that their employees and others working in connection with the federal contracts receive all the COVID shots.

The shot mandate set to take effect on January 4 would apply to approximately 25 percent of the U.S. workforce and would affect companies that do business with the federal government, including Google, General Motors, Lockheed Martin Corp., Microsoft Corp., several airlines, and even banks that administer small business loans.

U.S. District Judge Stan Baker stated in his ruling that “Congress did not clearly authorize the president to use procurement to impose a vaccine requirement on contractors that will have vast economic and political significance.”

The court also acknowledged that this mandate would be “life-altering” and “imperil their financial viability.” Judge Baker wrote, “Declining to issue a preliminary injunction would force Plaintiffs to comply with the mandate, requiring them to make decisions which would significantly alter their ability to perform federal contract work which is critical to their operations.”

Today’s ruling comes after three federal judges blocked the Biden administration’s COVID-19 unlawful shot mandates for federal contractors and health care workers last week.

Liberty Counsel Founder and Chairman Mat Staver said, “Joe Biden has no authority to issue unlawful shot mandates. His actions are unlawful, as is evident by the unanimous rulings of multiple federal judges. The mandates are not only unconstitutional, but they are also abusive and inhumane against the people of the United States.” Liberty Counsel is a public Law firm and a news partner with the Wyoming News.

Cops And Kids

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Cops And Kids

On Sunday 12/12/2021 at 11:00 am, area law enforcement officers and
North Dakota Fraternal Order of Police – Souris Valley Regional Lodge #7
will be again participating in the annual “Cops and Kids” shopping event
at Walmart; 3900 South Broadway in Minot.

This event brings children in need from throughout the Northwest and
North Central regions of the state, together with law enforcement officers
for a day of shopping for the holiday season. Each child is budgeted $150,
which the child may spend on whatever they wish. All funds are 100%
donated by area organizations, businesses, and individuals. The children
are selected and referred for participation by their schools and social
services programs. This year’s event is expected to be the biggest in its
history in the Magic City, with over 100 area children being referred to
Lodge #7 for participation. All participants have already been selected.

This event has proven year after year to be, not only a rewarding time for
both the officers and kids, but to be a fun way to connect with and
establish positive relationships with the children and their families.

Communism and Christmas

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Communism and Christmas

ORLANDO, FL – This Christmas season when the Biden administration is desperately trying to control Americans by denying their religious beliefs and forcing them to inject experimental shots into their bodies, it is important to examine how communism can quickly eradicate the Christian faith in a nation.

Before Ronald Reagan became president in 1981, he gave more than 1,000 daily radio broadcasts from 1975 to 1979, including one in which he shared a story about the history of Christmas in the Ukraine before and after communism.

In an effort to resist Christians, communist leaders secularized a favorite Ukrainian Christmas carol, “Nova Radist Stala” (Joyous News Has Come to Us). The original song began with these words: “The joyous news has come which never was before. Over a cave above a manger a bright star has lit the world, where Jesus was born from a virgin maiden…” Communists feared the public outcry that would follow a complete ban on Christmas, so they began to slowly secularize the holiday. The first rewrite of the song began: “The joyous news has come which never was before, a red star with five tails has brightly lit the world.” The second rewrite went further: “The joyous news has come which never was before. Long-awaited star of freedom lit the skies in October [the month of the Revolution]. Where formerly lived the kings and had the roots their nobles, there today with simple folks, Lenin’s glory hovers.”

Communism and Christmas

The former Soviet Union eventually began banning Christmas commemorations. St. Nicholas was replaced with “Did Moroz,” or Grandfather Frost. This Stalinist creation wears a red cap and long white beard of Santa Claus, but he delivers gifts to children on New Year’s Eve. Christmas trees were also banned, but people continued to trim their New Year’s trees. Communism folded all Christmas celebrations into a New Year’s celebration.

Christians in the former Soviet Union exhibited bravery and courage in confronting communism’s anti-Christmas campaign. One person recalled how the young people would go out in the streets and sing Christmas carols, knowing that if police heard them, they would be arrested. In communist Romania, Rev. Geza Palffy, a Roman Catholic priest, delivered a sermon in 1983 protesting that December 25 had been declared a workday instead of a holiday. The next day he was arrested by secret police, beaten, imprisoned and died. Inside and outside the Iron Curtain, Ukrainians never stopped singing: “We beg you our Lord, we pray to you today. Grant us freedom, return glory to our Mother Ukraine.” Reagan ended his broadcast: “I guess we all hope their prayer is answered.” Indeed it was.

The secularization of Christmas is nothing new. Christianity Today in 2002 reported that in the Vietnamese province of Dak Lak, children’s choirs were forbidden to sing “Silent Night.” From 1969 to 1997, Christmas was banned in Cuba.

Legal challenges to Christmas and holiday displays have been ongoing for decades. The challenges to Nativity displays expanded to the public schools and even to nursing homes and assisted living centers. In some schools, students were told that Christmas cards, Merry Christmas greetings, singing religious Christmas carols, and even the colors red and green were not permissible. Some senior living centers prohibited residents from placing Christian or religious symbols on Christmas trees or decorating with any religious imagery. Around 2003, the censorship of Christmas entered the retail market. Christmas trees was renamed “Holiday Trees,” Christmas decorations were referred to as “Holiday Decorations” or “Holiday Lights.” In response to this trend, Liberty Counsel launched the annual Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign, which is designed to educate and, if necessary, litigate, to ensure that the religious and Christian viewpoints of Christmas are not censored.
Liberty Counsel is a public law firm and a news partner with the Wyoming News.

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