When a group of Moravians founded Bethlehem, PA on Christmas Eve in 1741, they did much more than establish a new town. They also established our country’s longstanding tradition of displaying nativity scenes during Christmas holidays.

Nativity scenes quickly grew in popularity, and displays were soon found in churches, homes, state capitols and even the White House.

But all that changed.

In 1971, contrary to the original understanding of the First Amendment, the Supreme Court created what became known as the anti-religion Lemon test to determine if a display, law or other government action violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. And as a result, public religious displays began disappearing all over our nation.

However, thanks to First Liberty’s work and the Kennedy decision at the Supreme Court, local, state and federal governments no longer have to abide by the Lemon test. Instead, following the original meaning of the Establishment Clause, public expressions of faith are now evaluated by examining our nation’s history and tradition.

As a result, we are once again free to install religious public displays that have long been enjoyed by Americans.

This holiday season, you are now free to work with local officials in your hometown to bring nativity scenes and menorahs back to our public squares.

And First Liberty is here to help you do just that.

That’s why we’re inviting you to become a FaithBlazer and take the #FaithBlazer Challenge. Now through the end of December, you can help bring real holiday expressions of faith back to your community.

Once you commit to the Challenge and become a FaithBlazer, we strongly encourage you to share your plan for restoring expressions of faith in your community with us. We’ll provide you with guidance and implementation ideas.

As your plan begins to produce results, start sharing your story and pictures on social media. And if you use the hashtags #FaithBlazer, #FaithBlazerChallenge, #RFIA and #FirstLiberty, we’ll share your post too.

But bringing back expressions of faith doesn’t begin and end with religious displays during the holidays. Each month, we will share new ways FaithBlazers can bring expressions of faith back to your hometown.

Will you take the FaithBlazer Challenge? Will you bring public expressions of faith back to your hometown?

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