Legal Opinion
Freedom From Religion Foundation v. Concord Community Schools
District Court, N.D. Indiana
Decided September 14, 2016No. Case No. 3:15-CV-463 JDPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
JON E. DEGUILIO, United States District Court Judge
This began as a case about a living nativity scene. For the finale of its annual holiday show, called the Christmas Spectacular, Concord High School would present a living nativity scene during which students in costumes portrayed various pa-tivity figures, while multiple ensembles from a cross-section of the performing arts department played a number of religious songs and a faculty member read excerpts from the Bible telling the story of Jesus’ birth. This practice continued for many years. In 2015, however, a student and…
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