The Daily Oklahoman reports this morning that Southwestern Oklahoma State University officials say they have a policy banning the placement Christmas and other religious decorations on public areas of the campus.
The newspaper said university spokesman Brian Adler explained that employees were asked to keep public areas of the campus free religious decor because not all students celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday.
The Oklahoman also quoted SWOSU president John Hayes saying "the university attempted to prevent the appearance as a state agency of endorsing any particular religion." [emphasis is original post]
Adler added, according to The Oklahoman, that "there's no ban on Christmas" and "it was blown way out of proportion." [emphasis in original post]
Did they ban Christmas...seems that many employees are saying that they have been told to remove the words Christmas and Christ from their email signatures and decorations, but is this official policy or some overly zealous managers rule? Either way it falls to Southwestern Oklahoma State University officials to respond and set the record straight.
As others are wont to say...developing.
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