those are members of the lone star santas club. they came to the capitol to give their backing on this bill. yeah. you can say merry christmas in texas now. thanks to governor rick perry, it s not illegal to say merry christmas. now, was it ever illegal to say merry christmas in texas? you know, you never can be too careful, but saying merry christmas is now doubly triply, merrily, rick perry protected in texas. it is a big rick perry idea in politics. you may remember when he was running for president he tried to make one of the central issues of his campaign the fact he had led the fight to keep christmas from being illegal in texas. and he would lead that fight nationally against president obama. he wasn t afraid. president obama may want to make christmas illegal and ban christianity, but rick perry has santa on his side. i m not ashamed to admit i m a christian, but you don t need
now here s another clue. here is texas governor rick perry signing the bill at that bill ceremony. everything looks kind of normal. but wait, wait, wait, wait. who s that guy? who s that guy over rick perry s right shoulder? what s that guy with the funny hat and the long white beard? yeah, that s santa. rick perry, in fact, stacked the room with a whole bunch of stunt santa clauss for the bill signing. what just happened in texas is that rick perry signed a bill, he had a big ornate signing ceremony with sleigh bells ringing and santa clauses all over the room to sign a bill that makes it not illegal to say merry christmas in texas. seriously. well, it might be june, but folks at the state capitol today are getting ready for the holidays. today governor perry signed legislation that will let teachers and students use greetings like merry christmas or happy hanukkah in schools. those are members of the lone star santas club. they came to the capitol to give their backing on this