Posted on 02/16/2013 7:59:40 PM PST by Nachum
Students at University of Missouri don't need to cram for exams that fall on Wiccan and Pagan holidays, now that the school has put them on par with Christmas, Thanksgiving and Hanukah.
The university’s latest “Guide to Religions: Major Holidays and Suggested Accommodations” — designed to help faculty know when and when not to schedule exams and other student activities — lists eight Wiccan and Pagan holidays and events right alongside more mainstream occasions. It's all part of the school's effort to include everyone's beliefs, although some critics say listing every holiday associated with fringe belief systems is a bit much.
(Excerpt) Read more at nation.foxnews.com ...
Well, in a “Democracy” (which most libtards believe we have); this would be established by a vote and “mob rule” would determine the outcome.
In a Representative Republic - a representative voted by the people would cast his vote - essentially ensuring that the religious groups with the greatest overall population would determine what Holy Days the taxpayer supported schools would be recognized.
Today, the predominant religious groups are Christian and Jewish; but with the influx of Islamic schools; this could turn bad sometime soon.
/sarc
How about Tuesday? That’s my birthday!
can’t you just picture these scholarly acedemic types sitting at their meeting and coming up with nonsense like this?????pathetic!!
Ummm, like Halloween? Anyway Easter is always on a Sunday, by some coincidence, and Christmas is a National Holiday. I'm waiting for that showdown.
academic
If There are at least 1%, that can be considered. Less, then it's just silly
Looking at the guide itself, this seems to be much ado about nothing. It’s really just a list of holidays observed by different faiths with the dates of each holiday in upcoming years, a general description of each holiday (including whether adherents are permitted to work on said holiday), and recommended accomodations for some of the holidays (for example, not schedulimg tests/major assignments on certain Jewish holidays on which work is prohibited). None of the Pagan/Wiccan holidays have any recommended accommodations - the authors of this article seem to have simply made up the “no tests on Pagan/Wiccan holidays” nonsense.
What is a community? This is a term which always sticks in my craw. "The gay community", e.g. Do they go to Gay Community Colleges? No. They just demand accommodation from the Community Colleges, whatever "community" they might represent.
In the past, there was only THE community, which was defined by geographic extent, which was presumed by those in its embrace to extend to infinity. Cf. A Christmas Story.
... I feel a song coming on.
and Festivus
“Festivus’’<<’ Yeah, that one too. And while we’re at it Elvis Presely’s birthday should be a national holiday too.
Particularly cruel professors can schedule exams for 8am the day after St. Patrick's Day, also known as Tylenol overdose day.
Though through the “magic” of Wicca, why would they even need to study at all?
Again, the nation was not founded by islamists. It was founded by Christians. Ergo, this nation should be governed to give Christianity priority over all other faiths.
And that should mean not making accommodations for people of other religions, for instance when those religions prohibit or restrict work activities on certain days? I’m not talking about this Wiccan/pagan nonsense (since, contrary to the headline and article, the University policy in question here says nothing about accommodations for those holidays). But, both Jews and Muslims have certain holidays on which they are prohibited from working - should the University say, in essence, “too bad, we only recognize Christian holidays”?
“When push comes to shove, MO will usually let you down.”
Tell me about it. We should have EASILY had a Senate seat, but the screwball that was nominated gave it away, and likely cost us many other seats.
http://diversity.missouri.edu/get-involved/religion/holidays.php
Interesting that they included Wiccan but omitted Kwanzaa.
May as well....seems like we are coddling our children...ooops sorry I meant the state’s children /s
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