Help The Campaign to Save Christmas From Woke Censorship

Liberty Counsel has launched its 22nd annual Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign to educate Americans about the First Amendment, ensuring religious viewpoints are not censored from Christmas celebrations.

Every year, the organization monitors cases from around the country where misinformed officials and malcontent groups attempt to remove the celebration of Christmas in public and private sectors.

Liberty Counsel has addressed and overturned hundreds of attempts, including:

Restoring Nativity scenes that had been banned from public property.

Returning Christmas carols to seniors who were silenced in their nursing homes.

Lifting bans on public school students wearing red and green colors and acknowledging Christ’s birth in their classrooms.

Correcting school officials who rewrote religious words out of Christmas carols.

Retracting unconstitutional bans on Christmas holiday symbols, decorations, and expressions for city employees within public buildings.

Reversing Christmas trees and parades that were renamed “holiday” items.

Liberty Counsel has even published a 10-page legal memorandum explaining how our nation’s courts and the U.S. Constitution protects Americans’ rights to celebrate Christmas.

You can watch a brief video from Liberty Counsel Founder and Chairman Mat Staver explaining the Friend or Foe campaign below:

The organization reminds all Americans they are free to acknowledge and celebrate the religious meaning inherent to Christmas. For example,

Students can discuss the religious aspects of the holidays in public school classrooms.

A holiday display in a classroom may include a Nativity scene or other religious imagery.

Public school music teachers have the freedom to include both religious and secular Christmas songs in their musical programs. If the students select their own songs independent of the direction of school officials, there is no requirement that the songs include secular selections.

Students may distribute religious Christmas cards to their classmates during noninstructional time, before or after school, or between classes.

If the students are not required to dress in uniform, they may wear clothing with religious words or symbols as well as religious jewelry.

Mat Staver says of the campaign,

The First Amendment protects religious viewpoints from being censored by the government. Religious symbols and displays consistent with the Christmas holiday season are appropriate and constitutional on public property, including in public schools. Christmas is a recognized federal and state holiday. It makes no sense to pretend it does not exist or that the holiday should be stripped of Christian symbols and themes.

Indeed, the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ is the very reason for the Christmas season. As we read in the Messianic Prophecy found in Isaiah 9:6,

“For to us a child is born,
    to us a son is given;
and the government shall be upon his shoulder,
    and his name shall be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
    Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace” (ESV).

Liberty Counsel is encouraging Americans to take four actions to help save Christmas:

Contact Liberty Counsel if you, or someone you know, is being censored.

Spread the word to others. It’s legal to celebrate Christmas.

Submit a letter to the editor to your local newspaper about Christmas.

Pray for wisdom and strength for our team and that God will soften the hearts of those trying to censor Christmas.

As Christmas draws closer, check out some of our available resources and articles below to help you enjoy the season with your family.

To speak with a family help specialist or request resources, please call us at 1-800-A-FAMILY (232-6459).

Related articles and resources:

Advent for Your Kids

Relishing the Christmas Season

The Purpose of Christmas

Fun and Faith Activities for Celebrating Christmas