Posted on 12/16/2004 8:54:46 AM PST by RayChuang88
(MCNS)--Attorneys filed a federal civil rights lawsuit today against the Plano Independent School District for a discriminatory policy that censors the Christmas religious expression of students and their parents.
The policy is a perfect example of politically correct extremism, said Alliance Defense Fund Senior Counsel Gary McCaleb.
School officials have gone so far as to prohibit students from wearing red and green at their winter break parties because they claim they are Christmas colors. Even the plates and napkins must be white. The districts policy is ludicrous to even the most common observer.
(Excerpt) Read more at mcjonline.com ...
Do they put up a Santa, reindeer, and Christmas trees? The article doesn't say, but it looks like people are protesting the lack of a creche specifically, so they're probably there already.
Goodness gracious, give it a rest. You've made your point.
Is it really patriotic to piss all over anyone with the slightest tangentially different view? The guy ain't advocating communism or Hillary...
Sigh
Don't get me wrong my British friends. I've studied British history for my history degree so I'm familiar with your country. My politics forbid me from accepting a monarch. My knee will bend to no "sovereign" on Earth. As a member of FR, you know my politics as well, conservative.
I didn't realize FR(ahh, Free Republic, not Free Dominion) was such a home to conservative leaning Brits.
Calm down, I'm a big fan of Britian. Well, prior to Labour trying to "modernize" everything.
We turned up late for WWII?
I'm not necessarily saying I agree with doing it this way, but the U.S. usually has this nasty habit of waiting for somebody to attack us before we kick their arse. I think some are realizing we need to strike first.
But than when we do countries like the UK hate us for our unilaterilism. We might piss the French and Germans off and all of petite, delicate Europa.
As they can in Pakistan, Iran, and Saudi Arabia.
Parents should provide their kids with little green and red ribbons to wear with every garment in solidarity with the Christians who cannot wear their holiday colors.
This will cause the demise of the entire party festival industry, which demands that every party have napkins and plates and tablecoverings in the proper theme. I wish Martha Stuart could opine on this thread, but alas she is indisposed.
Parents need to go caroling down the hallways singing offensive tunes like 'Silent Night' and 'Away in a Manger'!
All of what you said will go into effect next year.
Interesting that this comes in the land of George Bush and the so-called Sectretary of Education.
Very nice. If ANYONE still complains after that program said complainer will be castigated in no time flat.
This type of thinking is one of the reasons why a group of parents started a K-12 Christian school in the Los Angeles area. It seems that kids in the public school were allowed to have a menorah at Christmas because it represented a historical event, but a creche was forbidden because the birth of Christ was not considered a historical event.
Perhaps many, many more parents should think about starting Christian schools where their children will feel welcome rather than go through this insanity every year.
Better yet, perhaps the parents should send letters to the local retailers telling them that since the area school board does not recognize Christmas then there is no need to shop at their stores. I bet that would receive a quick response.
Merry Christmas to this PC school board.
http://www.advocate.com/html/stories/840/840_headlines_romero.asp
Precedent setting
Anthony Romero is tapped to be the first openly gay and first Latino ACLU head
By Chris Bull
From The Advocate, June 19, 2001
When the American Civil Liberties Union named Anthony D. Romero as its new executive director in May, it touted him as the first Latino and openly gay man to head the 81-year-old national civil rights group. If that description is not impressive enough, Romero is only 35, an age when even the most ambitious activists are just beginning to make their marks. His predecessor, Ira Glasser, served in the post since 1978 and guided the organization to the forefront of gay rights battles.
But for Romero, who graduated from Princeton University and Stanford Law School, great expectations are nothing new. Before joining the ACLU, Romero was director of human rights and international cooperation at the Ford Foundation. The son of Puerto Rican immigrants, Romero was born in the Bronx borough of New York City and now lives in Manhattans Chelsea neighborhood with his partner of five years.
How about this new position?
Im proud of being the first openly gay man and Latino to head the ACLU. With my selection, the board was sending an important message about discrimination, prejudice, and injustice.
Some leaders in similar positions have expressed discomfort at being a poster boy.
My whole life has been focused on civil liberties and gay rights, so I actually welcome it as a challenge.
When you first realized you were gay, did you imagine it would be an obstacle?
All of us who grow up gay or lesbian know firsthandone of the first things we learn is that hate and stigma stand against us. We learn that lesson in the school yard, workplace, and community. We still dont have basic human rights. I learned from my mom and dad the importance of believing in dourself and fighting for what you believe. They taught me to treat others with respect but also to demand it in return. In college and at Stanford Law school, I learned about civil rights heroes like Harvey Milk and how to overcome those barriers others set up for us
Bump!
I get pissed off when someone who signed up yesterday comes in here and pisses all over Americans while all the time claiming their country is the best bastion of all that is right in the world without any drawbacks whatsoever. To remind you:
When I came to America, I was amazed at the freedom of speech comedians had. I couldn't believe they could criticize their country's leaders out in the open. Here in America you could say, "I don't like Reagan". Of course, in Russia, we were allowed to do that too. We could say, "I don't like Reagan!"It seems foreigners want to come here and criticize America, denigrate our institutions, and slur Americans. But they can never accept criticism of their own country. Christ said "Let he who is without sin throw the first stone." Where's the UK's version of Free Republic?
It's first degree trolling.
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When you can carry rifles and pistols around, I'll believe the part about freedom Brit. Till then you are subjects.
What around you ... English Bob?
Where's a Little Bill when you need one.
How are the City Fathers Parents of Ithaca NY planning on celebrating Festivus?
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