Bonds need Jesus

The Mustang, Oklahoma school district just lost a bond election. The school district had asked for bonds totaling around $10.4 million (plus another $500,000 in bonds for transportation) and things were looking good for passage. Then it happened.

“It” was a decision by the school’s superintendant to remove a nativity scene from the school play while leaving in Hanukkah and Kwanza portions (and allowing the kids to sing “Silent Night”). The school’s superintendant said that he had received two different opinions by legal counsel that leaving it in the nativity scene would likely violate the First Amendment’s establishment clause.

That decision likely made the difference. Bond proposals require a “super-majority” of 60% to pass. So you can only imagine the shock when the proposals only garnered 54% of the vote, thus failing. According to KFOX-TV, “Superintendent Karl Springer acknowledged that some voters might have retaliated against the school district for his decision to pull the Nativity scene from a school play last week…”

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