Charlie Brown is now legal in the state of Kentucky
Kentucky legislators have passed a Charlie Brown bill to protect religious expression in public schools
The state Senate passed a religious freedom bill in a 31 to 3 vote last month and the house passed it
81 to 8 on March 6th to send it to governor Matt Bevin
The legislation was crafted after school officials in a Johnson County public school censored a production of a Charlie Brown Christmas
You know when Linus recites Christ's birth for the book of Luke Linus recites Luke after Charlie Brown
Frustrated with the commercialism of the holiday asked if anyone can explain the real meaning of Christmas
Peanuts creator Charles Schulz famously insisted on including the religious scene in the original a Charlie Brown Christmas
Which first aired on CBS in 1965 school officials were worried the scene illegally promoted religion
And removed it from the school production
Ironically some critics said the bill was unnecessary
Citing the First Amendment, but Alliance defending freedom attorney Matt Sharp says the school's action proved the need
Even though the Supreme Court has repeatedly held that schools can include the Bible and other religious stories and elements as part of the
educational process
There was confusion in Kentucky over this play and so what this law does is reaffirm what the Constitution says
You know the First Amendment freedom of speech
freedom of religion so now it is now legal to
Show the Charlie Brown Christmas and Kentucky schools
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