Charlie
Brown’s Christmas is on the outs at an elementary school in Little
Rock, Ark. — at least among atheists who are calling foul over a planned
student trip to see a stage production of the beloved Peanuts story.
The trouble began when students at Terry Elementary School brought
home letters detailing the trip to see “A Charlie Brown Christmas” at a
local church, according to a report from Arkansas’ KARK. A parent who had a problem with the play’s content notified the local atheist group of the field trip.
“We’re not saying anything bad about Charlie Brown,” Anne Orsi, vice
president of the Arkansas Society of Freethinkers, told KARK. “The
problem is that it’s got religious content and it’s being performed in a
religious venue and that doesn’t just blur the line between church and
state, it oversteps it entirely.”
“A Charlie Brown Christmas”
is about the title character’s struggle to overcome the holiday’s
commercialism and embrace the true meaning of Christmas. The holiday
classic culminates with the character Linus quoting from the second
chapter of Luke.
Charlie Brown’s Christmas is on the outs at an elementary school in
Little Rock, Ark. — at least among atheists who are calling foul over a
planned student trip to see a stage production of the beloved Peanuts
story.
The trouble began when students at Terry Elementary School brought
home letters detailing the trip to see “A Charlie Brown Christmas” at a
local church, according to a report from Arkansas’ KARK. A parent who
had a problem with the play’s content notified the local atheist group
of the field trip.
“We’re not saying anything bad about Charlie Brown,” Anne Orsi, vice
president of the Arkansas Society of Freethinkers, told KARK. “The
problem is that it’s got religious content and it’s being performed in a
religious venue and that doesn’t just blur the line between church and
state, it oversteps it entirely.”
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