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New European Union school calendar omits Christian holidays
CNA ^ | 1/16/11 | CNA

Posted on 01/16/2011 7:56:36 PM PST by Nachum

Strasbourg, France, Jan 14, 2011 / 02:11 pm (CNA).- A 2011-2012 school calendar published by the European Union has omitted Christian holidays, while continuing to note important Jewish and Muslim celebrations.

The European Union has printed three million copies of the calendar which will be distributed free-of-charge to students who request them.

Former French politician and government minister, Christine Boutin, wrote in her blog Jan. 11 that the calendar leaves out Christianity, “the religion practiced or recognized as forming the cultural assembly of our ‘old’ continent.”

Boutin is a consultant for the Pontifical Council for the Family, as well as president of the Christian Democratic Party in France. She went on to lament that Christianity has “fallen into the limbo of collective ignorance.”

While Christian holidays such as Christmas and Easter are missing from the calendar's pages, days commemorating “Sikh Baisakhi-Day, the Jewish Yom Kippur holiday, the Muslim holiday Aid-el-Kebir,” remain in place,” Boutin continued.

(Excerpt) Read more at catholicnewsagency.com ...


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To: Nachum

From: http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/empowerment/cons_education_en.htm#diary

Immediate remedial action taken to correct omission of Christian holidays in Europa Diary 2010/2011

Immediate remedial action is being taken to rectify the omission of certain Christian religious holidays from the Europa Diary 2010/2011. This was a regrettable error which will be addressed by a Corrigendum sent to all teachers who ordered this edition of the Diary in all EU Member States concerned. There was never an intention to discriminate against the Christian religion in this publication.


21 posted on 01/16/2011 11:13:16 PM PST by stormer
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To: potlatch

“How can anyone believe it a ‘religion of peace’?”

When you live in a bubble and other people control the information that gets to you, a person can be made to believe practically anything.


22 posted on 01/17/2011 11:25:41 AM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: devolve

Agree, Charles is a wimp. Harry is a fighter and William is a ladies man but OK.


23 posted on 01/17/2011 6:40:40 PM PST by potlatch ( !/ ~*coincidences usually aren't *~\!)
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To: dsc; devolve

Ummm, some will and some won’t in my mind. Those people allowed their country to get to the state it’s in. That’s what we’re fighting right now.

The dummies here believe everything the MSM tells them, the more intelligent search for the real news. If our news were limited we would know better than to believe them.

I recall the uprising in Iran, how hard they fought and the killing of Neda. They weren’t believing what nutjob spoke.


24 posted on 01/17/2011 6:56:03 PM PST by potlatch ( !/ ~*coincidences usually aren't *~\!)
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To: potlatch

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I kept my analysis short

Yup the young Princes are fine

Charles is off in Mamby-Pamby Land

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25 posted on 01/17/2011 6:59:45 PM PST by devolve (. . . . . . . . . Wagya Butt for only $100 pound . . new and improved and ahead of the curve . . . .)
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To: potlatch
Israel and America really threw a monkeywrench into Iran's nuke program
26 posted on 01/17/2011 7:10:49 PM PST by devolve (. . . . . . . . . Wagya Butt for only $100 pound . . new and improved and ahead of the curve . . . .)
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To: devolve

Well, Charles is besotted with love for Camelia - or whatever her name is, lol. Elizabeth is holding off for William to take over I think. Good move.


27 posted on 01/17/2011 7:17:18 PM PST by potlatch ( !/ ~*coincidences usually aren't *~\!)
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To: devolve

It got kinda WORMY, didn’t it? heh.


28 posted on 01/17/2011 7:18:18 PM PST by potlatch ( !/ ~*coincidences usually aren't *~\!)
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To: potlatch

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Prince Charles can go off to his Enviro-NUTSIE conferences and leave the serious business to his sons....

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29 posted on 01/17/2011 7:23:36 PM PST by devolve (. . . . . . . . . Wagya Butt for only $100 pound . . new and improved and ahead of the curve . . . .)
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To: potlatch


30 posted on 01/17/2011 7:27:16 PM PST by devolve (. . . . . . . . . Wagya Butt for only $100 pound . . new and improved and ahead of the curve . . . .)
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To: devolve

I was talking about the Stuxnet Computer Worm and the Iranian Nuclear Program above.

Charles loves all the Global Warming stuff, etc.


31 posted on 01/17/2011 7:29:04 PM PST by potlatch ( !/ ~*coincidences usually aren't *~\!)
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To: devolve

Lol, my previous response will apply to that too! Snakes alive!


32 posted on 01/17/2011 7:30:40 PM PST by potlatch ( !/ ~*coincidences usually aren't *~\!)
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To: potlatch

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LOL!

I know

The only worm-ish gifs I had handy!

Charles is also enchanted by Muslims

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33 posted on 01/17/2011 7:36:42 PM PST by devolve (. . . . . . . . . Wagya Butt for only $100 pound . . new and improved and ahead of the curve . . . .)
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To: devolve

I know. I wrote that in my post yesterday, lolol.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2658081/posts?page=17#17


34 posted on 01/17/2011 7:42:23 PM PST by potlatch ( !/ ~*coincidences usually aren't *~\!)
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To: potlatch

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Yes - I saw that post

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35 posted on 01/17/2011 7:51:42 PM PST by devolve (. . . . . . . . . Wagya Butt for only $100 pound . . new and improved and ahead of the curve . . . .)
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To: devolve

OK, when you said he was also enchanted by the Muslims I thought maybe you forgot it.

Long day, huh? Lol


36 posted on 01/17/2011 7:55:57 PM PST by potlatch ( !/ ~*coincidences usually aren't *~\!)
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To: potlatch

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Still cannot get through

Messages still full up and blocked
No storm here yet - 1am - 6am/10am I see

Enough snow already!

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37 posted on 01/17/2011 8:07:10 PM PST by devolve (. . . . . . . . . Wagya Butt for only $100 pound . . new and improved and ahead of the curve . . . .)
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To: devolve

Very strange. Did you call who you were going to call?
I spent the day reading around the web. My eyes are wore out.


38 posted on 01/17/2011 8:10:29 PM PST by potlatch ( !/ ~*coincidences usually aren't *~\!)
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To: potlatch

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No answer there either - I’ll get through to my niece tomorrow night
TV and PCs can tire the eyes a lot

Circulating heated air in the winter can contribute to ‘dry eye’ and give your eyes a double-whammy

A wet washcloth over your eyes for at least five minutes often helps

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39 posted on 01/17/2011 8:27:03 PM PST by devolve (. . . . . . . . . Wagya Butt for only $100 pound . . new and improved and ahead of the curve . . . .)
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To: devolve

No, just tired from reading long threads and articles, but I do that every day and working on graphics is even worse. I haven’t done that in awhile. It’s getting late.


40 posted on 01/17/2011 8:33:16 PM PST by potlatch ( !/ ~*coincidences usually aren't *~\!)
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