12/28/11: Candy Cane Case Appealed to Supreme Court

Liberty Institute has filed suit, appealing to the US Supreme Court, to review a decision in what has become known as the “candy cane” case.

Kelly Shackelford of Liberty Institute is asking the High Court to hold school officials accountable for violating students’ First Amendment rights. The Fifth Circuit earlier ruled students could not be prevented from distributing candy cane pens and other items containing a religious message but they did not hold school officials accountable.

Shackelford told OneNewsNow “We can’t have government officials nationwide being told that they can engage in religious discrimination against children and that there are no consequences [when they do].” The case has been in litigation for eight years and has come to symbolize what many are calling “the war on Christmas.”