The local school board decided that there will be no Christmas program this year, but that the children could have Hannuka and Kwanza pagents. Does anyone see the logic here?
(I'm not Christian)
2006-11-29 14:49:00 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Nickster,
I was at the meeting. I, among others, asked for the reasoning behind the decision, but we were brushed off. We were told that the school board was too busy to answer our questions.
2006-11-29 15:29:55 · update #1
There is no logic. It is patently unfair.
2006-11-29 14:54:05 · answer #1 · answered by guitar teacher 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dear greywillo,
Wow it sounds discriminatory to me. Have you attempted to contact the school board to see what kind of a response they give. Is it an all Jewish school???
I definitely do not see the logic...
kindly,
Nickster
2006-11-29 23:09:01 · answer #2 · answered by Nickster 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't see why all three couldn't be observed in some way. There may not be time for THREE pagents, but why not one last party before school lets out on the 22nd?
2006-11-29 22:52:48 · answer #3 · answered by MamaBear 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
might be that they have had christmas pageants for the last 22 years since the school was built and are just trying to make up.
taking turns is considered a method of fairness. Minorities generally need a few more protections than the majority. Besides the students might learn something about hanukah and kwanzaa. btw kwanzaa is not a religious holiday.
2006-11-29 22:52:33 · answer #4 · answered by Sufi 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Because in this PC society, Only minorities are born without sin, and therefore can be as racist as they want. But White christians are born with sin (different from original sin) where if they say anything slightly offensive to any minority, they are decried in public view.
2006-11-29 22:54:50 · answer #5 · answered by mare0705 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If they're going to allow the other two, they should allow the Christmas pageant. The idea is not to have double standards.
2006-11-29 22:51:18 · answer #6 · answered by nuthnbettr2do0128 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i don't know, but it sounds like it would be just a one-time thing, sort of along the lines of "we do christmas every year, this year lets do something different."
2006-11-29 23:06:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats wrong there should be no religion in a PUBLIC school. If it was a school of the religion when that would be ok
2006-11-29 22:52:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Tirya.
2006-11-29 23:05:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yea they don't like the word christmass because CHRIST-MASS
2006-11-29 22:51:51 · answer #10 · answered by Mare 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋