Complaints are pouring in a school district ordered Scriptural passages axed from a stage production of the classic "A Charlie Brown Christmas."

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"Public school staff may not endorse any religion when acting in their official capacities and during school activities,"  Johnson County (Ky.) Schools Superintendent Thomas Salyer told the Lexington Herald-Leader. 

That meant the passage where Linus recites Scripture had to go, spurring local protests and national attention.

Fox News host Bill O'Reilly called the decision "madness."

What do you think:

Here's the offending passage:

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