Merry Christmas bill

H.B.

No.

308, also known as the Merry Christmas bill is a Texas bill that was signed into law by Gov.

Rick Perry on June 14, 2013.

[1] The law states that: Victor Cornell of the American Civil Liberties Union has criticized the bill, asserting that the U.S. Supreme Court has prohibited religious practice being endorsed by schools unless it has a "secular instructional purpose",[3]