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SCHOOL REMOVES RELIGIOUS REFERENCES FROM 'SILENT NIGHT'
'Holy Infant,' 'Christ The Savior' among phrases omitted from song at student concert

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Some Parents Upset After L.I. School Removes Religious References From ‘Silent Night’

'Holy Infant,' 'Christ The Savior' Among Phrases Omitted From Song At Student Concert December 19, 2013 6:50 PM

Ralph J. Osgood Intermediate School Choir sings altered version of Silent Night (YouTube)

KINGS PARK, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – The song “Silent Night” is at the heart of a concert controversy on Long Island.

Officials at Ralph J. Osgood Intermediate School removed several religious references, including “holy infant” and “Christ the savior,” from the popular Christmas carol before a concert featuring fifth-graders last week, WCBS 880′s Mike Xirinachs reported.
The intent was to avoid offending non-Christians, but the change left others upset.
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  • L.I. School Officials Apologize For Removing Religious References From 'Silent Night'
  • WCBS 880's Mike Xirinachs reports


“Any reference to what the song was about — the birth of Christ, ’round young virgin mother and child’ — all of those things were omitted from the version that the children sang beautifully,” said Jackie McDonald, a mother who walked out of the performance.

“To choose to sing ‘Silent Night’ and eviscerate the meaning of the song was not appropriate,” McDonald told CBS 2′s Carolyn Gusoff.
Some parents said the school should have chosen a different song.

“It’s offensive,” one father told Gusoff. “If you’re going to remove words to not offend other religions, what about the religion that that song belongs to, which is Christianity?

The chorus performance also included a song in Hebrew, but it wasn’t a religious song.

Kings Park’s school superintendent and the principal of the Ralph J. Osgood Intermediate School have since apologized.
They admit it was a mistake to edit the song and promised it won’t happen again, Xirinachs reported.

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Politically Correct????...GEE do ya think??? Silent Night for Goodness sake!!!! Time to wake up America!! Stop these idiots from deciding who's words stay and who's words go!