Posted on 10/01/2004 6:56:08 PM PDT by JimVT
Religious group objects to "Happy Birthday" songs
The kids are 5 to 7 years of age in a K-2 school.
Last week I learned that the practice of the birthday salutes was ended because two parents of a particular religious denomination objected to THEIR CHILD HAVING TO BE EXPOSED TO to this practice.
There are 260 kids in the school who seemed to enjoy the little salute and (perhaps) looked forward to the same recognition on THEIR day.
Nope....no more.....political correctness wins again...and the School District honchos have caved in.
I haven't caved in and you may be hearing more about this issue.
As in Jevovah Witness?
Most Christian denominations consider this is cult
As in Jevovah Witness?
Most Christian denominations consider this is cult
Payback is going to be a b!tch for the people that keep making these objections. The more they push, the more it's going to come down on their heads.
Look, if they want their kids to be educated in the secular world, they're going to have to deal with secular traditions.
They don't want their kids whining that they want a birthday party. I'm sure Jehovah's Witness parents have dealt with that issue before WITHOUT forcing a ban. But, these guys are too weak in their beliefs, so everyone suffers.
What could possibly be wrong about singing Happy Birthday to someone? Those are the only words in the song.. Happy Birthday to you. What is the objection, never heard of this.
?!?!? What possible religious significance could "Happy Birthday" have? Maybe they're objecting to the "happy"- happiness must of course come from sinning.
Still, sounds pretty farfetched to me. Got a link to a newspaper article?
You're birthday's today.[the first two syllables of "copyright" would be eighth notes].
What more can we say?
The tune's out of cop-y-right
ASCAP go away!
The tune "Good morning to all" was written and published long before the copyright cutoff of 1922. As such, it is clearly and unambigiously in the public domain. I don't know of any complete published version of the lyrics to "Happy Birthday" prior to 1922; as such, it the lyrics could conceivably be covered under copyright.
Even this is dubious, since FWIW at least one pre-1922 songbook listed "Happy birthday to you" as an alternate title to "Good morning to all". Further, since the Birthday Song can be derived from the earlier one via:
s/Good morning/Happy birthdayand the latter two of those changes were probably quite common even with the "Good morning" song, I don't think a copyright should stand up.
s/children/[person's name]
s/all/you
Cumpleanos feliz
Cumpleanos feliz
Cumpleanos mi hermanos
drop Kerry in the grease
:^)
Dios Mio, dos chicas en la cocina!
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