ATHEIST GROUP GOES FULL GRINCH, BLOCKS CHRISTMAS SHOE BOXES: Students at Liberty Middle School in Pratt, Kansas, will no longer be able to fill Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes following a Cancel Culture complaint by the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF). The students fill the boxes with gifts such as toys and personal hygiene items, which are then shipped to poor kids in countries around the world.

The FFRF threatened the small Kansas public school district with expensive litigation if it continued allowing students to participate in the Samaritan’s Purse program, but Jeremy Dys of First Liberty tells HillFaith that such activities are protected by the First Amendment and do not constitute an establishment of an official religion. Operation Christmas Child has been sponsored by Franklin Graham’s Samaritan’s Purse for more than 20 years.