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EU sends out £4.4m diaries to schools which list Muslim, Chinese and Hindu holidays...
Daily Mail UK ^ | 01-14-2011 | Allan Hall

Posted on 01/16/2011 3:07:35 PM PST by bronxville

"In an extraordinary move, three million 2011 notebooks were printed at a cost of £4.4million to the taxpayer. Around 350,000 of the diaries have already been shipped to schools in the UK alone.

There is no record for Christmas, Easter or Lent - despite bureaucrats carefully listing the EU’s self-styled ‘Europe Day’ on May 9."

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: diaries; eu
FULL TITLE - The European Union has sent millions of diaries to schools which list the dates of Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Jewish and Chinese festivals - but omit any mention of Christian celebrations....
1 posted on 01/16/2011 3:07:38 PM PST by bronxville
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To: bronxville
Omission: The school diaries record Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Jewish and Chinese religious festivals as well as 'Europe Day' but not Christmas Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1346850/EU-diaries-miss-Christmas-Easter-list-Muslim-Chinese-Hindu-holidays.html#ixzz1BF65j0C5
2 posted on 01/16/2011 3:09:05 PM PST by bronxville
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To: bronxville

Sunday, 29 June, 2003, 07:13 GMT 08:13 UK
By Liz Blunt
BBC News

Pope John Paul II has urged the European Union to include a recognition of Europe’s Christian heritage in its first constitution, which is due to be signed next year.

The Pope said EU policy-makers should rediscover their Christian roots.

Pope John Paul II

The Pope’s stance is supported by Italy and Poland
A draft constitution presented to European leaders at their recent summit in Greece referred to the “cultural, religious and humanist inheritance” of Europe, but not to its Christian tradition.

The Pope has issued a lengthy document - a so-called exhortation to the Church in Europe - in which he urges those drawing up the constitution to include a reference to the religious, and in particular the Christian heritage of the continent.

He also wants churches and other religious bodies to have a recognised status as social bodies, arguing that they are far more than merely private entities....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3029456.stm

They failed to mention anything about Christianity in the EU Constitution.


3 posted on 01/16/2011 3:15:42 PM PST by bronxville
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To: bronxville

The anti-Christian movement moves forward ever faster and farther.


4 posted on 01/16/2011 3:50:18 PM PST by GeronL (How DARE you have an opinion!!)
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To: bronxville
You've got to love this part: The EU was forced to apologise in the wake of the blunder as religious groups expressed their disbelief. John Dalli, consumer commissioner said: 'We regret this' and apologised.

As if it were just some innocent oversight.

Europe is truly suffering from a disease. Oh, that we can find the vaccine to prevent its further spread over here.

5 posted on 01/16/2011 4:15:27 PM PST by BfloGuy (It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect . . .)
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