MI elementary school rejects demand to remove ‘three wise men’ Christmas display
December 12, 2018
By Victor Skinner
For 40 years, Michigan’s Newaygo Elementary School has celebrated Christmas with a display of three wise men riding camels atop the school’s roof, but this year anti-religious crusaders demanded officials dismantle the display.
Instead, the Newaygo Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously at a special meeting Monday to stick to its values and tradition, despite legal threats from the Michigan Association of Civil Rights Activists.
“We asked the school to remove what is in essence a nativity scene, from the top of the school, and from school property,†Mitch Kahle, spokesman for the group, told Fox 17. “If this were on private property it wouldn’t be an issue.â€
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