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| skoolboard re-instates christian-judeo holidays |
| 2005-11-10 |
| Posted by:muck4doo |
| #6 "They said children could take days off for religious observances without being penalized." Well, that's the point. About the calendar issue, people have forgotten that schools are essentially inventions of the local communities, and can reflect the preferences of the local communities. The push toward a "federalization" of our school system was (and is) favored by the Clintons and liberals everywhere who are naturally pushing for BIG GOVERNMENT. To centralize education is a mistake because every community is different, and needs to be managed by members of the community, not the feds. Therefore, if a Wisconsin school wanted to take 3 days off for a cheese celebration or some such thing, the community/school board could vote on that. Get it? We want LESS government, not more. By scheduling school calendars around religious holidays (when most students would be absent anyway) they are being fiscally responsible. The continuing "secularization" of America is, in reality, a tool of the deconstructionists and is an attempt to thwart representative government. |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2005-11-10 11:43 |
| #5 Sky news in Australia reported it with a 'racist against Muslims' slant. They quoted an inflamatory letter that said in effect : "shoot those violent scum pig dog muslims they can go back to the hellhole they came out of and they'd better like jew and christian hols while they are here'' (very loose reinvention but you get the idea). Watch out because when they play the victim race card, that's when they lose the battle to WIN the WAR. |
| Posted by: Anon1 2005-11-10 11:02 |
| #4 WTF is "unfair" about putting holidays at that time the majority of the people want? No one is being dragged to church or synagogue. So you get April 4th off instead of March 1, big whoop. This is nothing more than an attack on anything related to Chritianity or Judaism. My guess would be that there is a conflation of interests between the Muzzies and Atheists on this. BTW I am an agnostic who thinks even if God exists, all organized religions are silly at best. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2005-11-10 08:28 |
| #3 too |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-11-10 05:35 |
| #2 By a 5-2 vote Tuesday night, the board adopted a school calendar similar to the existing one that gives children days off on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, the Christian Good Friday and the Monday after Easter. It's hard to say if this is a win or defeat. They won in the sense that they got the floor to debate the question of whether or that school boards will have to bow to the gods of fairness the minute any sun goddess demands equal time for holidays observed by 90+ percentage of the population. And God knows - the Muslims have always allowed for such openness and fainess in the countries they came from. But they lost in the sense that those school board members who dissented will not be reelected - no matter how much money or mud CAIR throws. And so, once again, they push to hard and get pushed back. I guess only time will tell if they lost the battle but won the war. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-11-10 05:34 |
| #1 ...and Allan knows best. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-11-10 01:00 |