Posted on 01/15/2014 5:19:11 AM PST by PROCON
A petition on White House.gov is calling for President Obama to support an effort to encourage public schools to recognize Muslim holidays on their official school calendars.
The petition was put on the "We the People" site last month by a group of Muslim students from Virginia and has garnered about 28 thousand signatures so far.
"With the growing population of Muslims in he United States of America (including first, second, third and fourth generation) we believe it is high time that Muslim holidays are recognized by schools throughout this nation," reads the petition text.
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It is not a religion. It is a world-domination movement cleverly disguised as a religion.
Something is hidden. Hillary was the designated winner. It makes no sense that the party dumped her (and Bubba) and turned to an unknown, inexperienced muzzie.
And you can bet your last dime that the amnesty bill visas are mostly going to ME countries. Meet your new doctor, he can’t speak much English, and he does not know the difference for the need of Pyridium from Monistat. Does not touch or talk to women.
Beautifully written.
First it will be holidays, then the footbaths in every school bathroom. Then kneeling in the hall for prayers every 15 minutes and finally separate classrooms for boys and girls. It will never end. Just say no now.
That quote summarizes everything I’ve thought since the election of BO.
ME TOO.
I totally agree with this.
On the muslim holiday they can stone a couple of girls at every school and behead a homosexual. Shitting on the American Flag and burning Bibles would also be incouraged..
>> Time to dispute that Islam is a religion.
It is a cult with a warrior ethos, not a religion with a theology.
January 1 New Years Day
January 17 Lee-Jackson Day
January 20 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
February 17 George Washington Day
May 26 Memorial Day
July 4 Independence Day
September 1 Labor Day
October 13 Columbus Day
November 11 Veterans Day
November 26 4 hours additional holiday time
November 27 Thanksgiving
November 28 Day After Thanksgiving
December 24 4 hours additional holiday time
December 25 Christmas
December 26 8 hours additional holiday time
http://www.dhrm.virginia.gov/payandholidaycalendar2014.pdf
These are the Federal Holidays:
New Years DayChristmas has long been a secular holiday. There are no state or federal holidays recognizing religious holidays.
Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Washingtons Birthday
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/snow-dismissal-procedures/federal-holidays/#url=2014
Virginia public school holidays vary by county:
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/directories/sch_division_locales_schedules/division_calendars.pdfSome districts' calendars align with Christian Holy Week, others do not.
According to wikipedia:
There are two official holidays in Islam: Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha.
- Eid Al-Fitr, also called Feast of Breaking the Fast, is celebrated at the end of Ramadan (a month of fasting). This is a day when Muslims around the world show a common goal of unity.
- Eid Al-Adha is where Muslims usually sacrifice an animal and distribute its meat among family, friends and the poor. It honors the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his young first-born son Ishmael.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_holidays
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_Al-Fitr
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_Al-Adha
So this petition is for a holiday for Muslim unity. This is utterly unacceptable.
......and the winner is...
Since the Fedzilla has zero say on local school calendars, this seems like a pretty meaningless petition.....
Of course I am sure Obama thinks he would just wave his scepter and poof.... It is law...
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