Indiana Christmas Spectacular Prompts Suit

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (CN) – An Indiana high school\’s \”Christmas Spectacular,\” complete with a live nativity scene, Bible narration and \”Hark! The Herald Angels Sing,\” has prompted a federal civil rights lawsuit.
Represented in the Oct. 7 complaint by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Freedom From Religion Foundation notes that the performances in question have been produced for \”several decades\” at Concord High School in Elkhart, Ind.
\”This event is set to be staged again in early December of 2015,\” the complaint states. \”The plaintiffs – a nonprofit membership organization devoted to the separation of church and state, the father of a student at the high school who will attend the event, and a student at the high school who will participate in a separate segment of the event – all object to this portion of the \’Christmas Spectacular.\’\”