Stand strong.

Via Todd Starnes, Fox News Radio:

A Rhode Island school district has decided that if it comes down to a fight — they are willing to fight the American Civil Liberties Union over a prayer banner hanging inside a public school.

The Cranston School Committee voted 4-3 Monday to keep the banner at Cranston High School West even if it means a costly legal battle. The banner had been hanging in the high school for decades but last year, the Rhode Island chapter of the ACLU received a single complaint.

The ACLU asked the district to remove the banner because it violated the First Amendment — and vowed to sue if it was not taken down.

However, thousands of local residents rallied to the support the banner. More than 4,000 signed a petition asking the district to keep the prayer. And last night dozens spoke out in favor of fighting the ACLU.

“I say we fight the good fight,” Peter Paolella told the Providence Journal. “America needs a hero. Let’s be the hero.”

Several suggested the ACLU had declared war on their community.

“People have died for that flag,” one resident told the school committee. “People have died for the right for us to have a banner up that says, ‘Almighty God.’”