ACLU Asks for Changes in LW East's Madrigal Performances

School district works with civil liberties group to address concerns over religious content of last year's program.

Lincoln-Way East High School will perform its 10th annual Madrigal Dinner-Concert next month, but not without some changes to last year's program.  "We had gotten a complaint about the nature of the concert last year," said Edwin Yohnka, director of communications and public policy for the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois. "The concert was heavily targeted and weighted as almost a religious service."  According to Yohnka, the complaint addressed concerns over the Madrigal dinner's songs, dialogue in the performance and actions people were asked to do that could be interpreted as prayers.  The ACLU received the complaint several weeks ago, he said, and the organization was able to view a video of the 2009 performance before it …

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