Banned at the schoolhouse door: pint-size ghosts and goblins | csmonitor.com
So, someone tell me where the same "backlash" is occurring towards Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving celebrations in schools? If the Supreme Court has said that Christmas is a "secular holiday" then Halloween is a LOT more secular, with children across the country having nothing to do with Paganism running around in costumes collecting candy. Sheesh!
Banned at the schoolhouse door: pint-size ghosts and goblins | csmonitor.com:
RALEIGH, N.C. – School principals from Newton, Mass., to Denver find themselves increasingly haunted at Halloween by this refrain: Get out, ye ghoulies!
Bowing to concerns of a wide range of groups - from Christians who consider Halloween to have pagan or satanic overtones to church-state separatists who object to the holiday's religious roots - some elementary schools are canceling their customary costume parades and Halloween celebrations.
Schools are downplaying Oct. 31.In their place are "Fall-o-ween" events, which take note of harvest and seasonal change but that eliminate all things spooky - or controversial.