At least one parent in the Johnson County school district complained about Linus' reading from the Gospel of Luke that was a focus of the 1965 television special that gave rise to the play, according to an article in The Paintsville Herald.

Eliminating this particular portion of the enactment upset other parents who want the play to remain intact and sent them to the Alliance Defending Freedom, a religious liberty watchdog group, states Religion News Service.

ADF lawyers maintain the school district is "within its constitutional rights to stage the play as it was written."

On Thursday, ADF posted the following statement on its Facebook page: "It seems that 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' isn't PC enough for one Kentucky school district, which has decided to censor the classic after it received one complaint about the Biblical references in a student play based on the Charles Schulz television special. Good grief."

Johnson County Superintendent Tom Salyer said the complaint had been filed with the Board of Education regarding religious content presented in school plays and activities. Salyer told The Paintsville Herald he believed the intention of the complaint was to file suit against the district.

Charles Haynes, vice president of the Newseum Institute and founding director of its Religious Freedom Center, told RNS public schools can stage works with religious themes as long as the overall purpose is educational and not devotional. "They are also within their rights to...

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