A man shows his support for the Brandon High School band in Mississippi. (Courtesy: Brittany Mann)

A man shows his support for the Brandon Loftier School band in Mississippi. (Courtesy: Brittany Isle of man)

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There was no halftime show under the Friday night lights at Mississippi'south Brandon High Schoolhouse — the marching band had been benched.

The band was ordered off the field because the Christian hymn "How Great Yard Art" was a function of their halftime show — in violation of a federal court society.

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"The Rankin Canton School Board and District Office are very saddened students will not exist able to perform their halftime testify they have worked then difficult on this summertime," the commune wrote in a statement to the Clarion Ledger newspaper.

In 2013 a student sued the district over a series of Christian meetings that had been held on school property, the paper reported. The district later settled the lawsuit and acknowledged they had violated the educatee's Beginning Amendment rights.

In July, U.S. District Court Estimate Carlton Reeves ruled the district had violated the agreement after a Christian minister delivered a prayer at an awards ceremony.

Gauge Reeves, who was appointed to the bench past President Obama, came down hard on the school district — ordering them to pay thousands of dollars in fines. He besides warned the district that future violations would cost them $x,000.

"Defendants are permanently enjoined from including prayer, religious sermons or activities in any school sponsored issue including but not limited to assemblies, graduations, award ceremonies, athletic events and any other school effect," the order reads.

Word virtually the band getting benched spread across the town quicker than kudzu. I must have received emails and Facebook messages from nigh the entire state - from Desoto County to Yazoo Urban center.

Something must be done to right this wrong, people said. A bulletin had to be sent to the likes of Judge Reeves. Locals  gathered in coffee shops and garages to devise their plan.

And what they did — would go known every bit the musical shot heard effectually the world.

During halftime of Friday nighttime'due south game - a alone voice began to sing the forbidden song.

"Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee," the singer sang.

Brittany Mann was at that place and she witnessed the entire moment of defiance.

"We were but sitting there and so ane by one people started to stand," she told me. "At first, it started out every bit a hum merely the audio got louder and louder."

She said it was a "truly incredible" moment to watch hundreds of people singing together in the stadium.

"At that moment I was so proud of my town - coming together and taking a stand for something nosotros believe in," she said. "It breaks my heart to run into where our country is going — getting farther and farther away from the Christian beliefs that our country was founded on."

I doubtable Miss Brittany wasn't the only one who felt a sense of pride in the Magnolia State on that warm summer night.

"We may be pictured every bit toothless, barefoot, uneducated people effectually the country, simply we are far from it," nearby resident Mandy Miller told me. "I'one thousand from Mississippi and I'm not aback to take a stand up."

Oh what a sight it must have been — as hundreds and hundreds of people stood together and with one voice — sent a message to Judge Reeves.

"This is the kind of thing that makes me proud to be from the Southward," Miss Mandy told me. "Nosotros are getting tired of existence told to sit down and shut up. People are ready to fight back."

Miss Mandy is absolutely right. The fourth dimension has come to stand up to the secularists.

The time has come up to put an terminate to their cultural jihad.

I hope the Rankin Canton School Board will reconsider its decision and allow the marching band to resume performing "How Bully Thousand Art."

And should Guess Reeves brand good on his threat to financially punish the school district, I will personally pay the $ten,000 fine.