NJ school's ban on religious songs upheld
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Children won't be signing religious songs over the Christmas holiday in one New Jersey school district.
The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia upheld the Maplewood-South Orange school district's ban on celebratory religious music.
The three-judge panel on Tuesday said constitutional principles require public schools to remain strictly secular environments.
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