Sunday, August 23, 2015

Crowd sings “How Great Thou Art” after high school band banned

Legal Insurrection
 “A lone voice began to sing the forbidden song”

Brandon High School marching band

"The progressive war on faith isn’t limited to the condemnation of bakers who stand for their religious principles; indeed, that’s a relatively new development. Before bakers, high schools were (and still are) the target of these attacks on faith in America. From Texas cheerleaders banned from using Bible verses on their banners to schools banning Christian clubs to schools banning religious Christmas music at “winter”—or sometimes “holiday”—concerts, we repeatedly see this war on faith play out across the nation.

"One such incident occurred in Brandon, Mississippi, where the high school band was benched and unable to play their half-time show for a Friday night football game because it had been banned from playing the hymn, “How Great Thou Art.' ”

 Todd Starnes reports:
There was no halftime show under the Friday night lights at Mississippi’s Brandon High School — the marching band had been benched.

The band was ordered off the field because the Christian hymn “How Great Thou Art” was a part of their halftime show — in violation of a federal court order.

 "What followed was amazing and heart-warming:" . . .


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