According to a news release issued by the Christmas Defense Coalition (CDC), ornaments with a religious theme will finally be allowed on the Christmas Tree put up in the Capitol Hill Building in Washington, DC.

Over the past several years, people were allowed to submit ornaments to be displayed on the Christmas tree, but according to the government’s guidelines, “Decorations cannot include religious symbols.”

This meant that the decorations displaying the ‘Reason for the Season’ such as Nativity Scenes, the star of Bethlehem, and images of Jesus even as an infant were banned.

CDC, which has been actively campaigning over the past several years to have this restriction removed, announced that it is no longer part of the 2023 guidelines for ornament submissions: Click to access 230329_MakeAnOrnament-Flyer.pdf

The ‘People’s House,’ as the US Capitol Building is so rightly called, must be a place where all Americans should be afforded the right to come and peacefully celebrate and express their First Amendment Rights, said CDC Director Rev. Patrick Mahoney.

“That is why we are thankful the government has removed this troubling ban on religious symbols being displayed on the 2023 U. S. Capitol Christmas Tree. The First Amendment promises freedom ‘OF’ religion not freedom ‘FROM’ religion,” Mahoney added.

READ: Religious Freedom Victory — U.S. Capitol Tree Removes Ban on Ornaments Displaying ‘Religious Symbols’ from Being Displayed on the 2023 Tree