[Dilbert San Diego]

well, if you have to miss school for a day, what’s the big deal???

Back in my day, there were quite a few Jewish students in my school. On Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashana(sp?), they were absent. Nobody made demands that the school close to accomodate their religion. Why do we need to bend over backwards to appease Islam in this manner? To prove how liberal we are?

take the day off if you need to. Sheesh. Why do we need to change every aspect of society so that some minority is not offended????

[Conscience of a Conservative]

Back in my day, there were quite a few Jewish students in my school. On Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashana(sp?), they were absent. Nobody made demands that the school close to accomodate their religion. Why do we need to bend over backwards to appease Islam in this manner? To prove how liberal we are?

I agree, but the Jewish holidays are not a great example in this case - Montgomery County schools are closed for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (which fell on a Saturday this year).