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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowA federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction banning a northern Indiana school district from including a live Nativity scene as part of its annual Christmas show.
U.S. District Judge Jon DeGuilio issued an order Wednesday saying that based on the manner on which the Nativity scene is depicted, it "impermissibly conveys an endorsement of religion and thus runs afoul of the Establishment Clause," which prohibits government from endorsing a religion.
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Freedom From Religion Foundation sued the Concord Community Schools on Oct. 7 on behalf of a high school student and his father. They argued the Nativity scene endorses religion in a public school.
The first show is scheduled for Dec. 11. A hearing on the case is scheduled for Jan. 7.
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