To: rmlew
1-They're on the multi thousand post Sea-Tac threads, though the Rabbi never asked for anyting to be taken down.
2-Given the, imo credible, history of the dreidl as a ploy against persecution, I think it's inappropriate.
3, mine-Even if it's a secular holiday season, the holiday's are religious. I think no displays on public property is a defensible position, but if you're going to have them, why not a Nativity Scene and a Menorah.
18 posted on
12/20/2006 5:12:54 PM PST by
SJackson
(had to move the national debate from whether to stay the course to how do we start down the path out)
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19 posted on
12/20/2006 5:13:13 PM PST by
SJackson
(had to move the national debate from whether to stay the course to how do we start down the path out)
To: SJackson
It's always been pretty obvious to me that for the government to prohibit religious displays on otherwise open public property is to violate the "religion clause" in the Constitution.
People who don't agree with me should go to a different country.
23 posted on
12/20/2006 5:15:33 PM PST by
muawiyah
To: SJackson
The rabbi threatened to sue. He was wrong.
These people sued. They were wrong. I wish people would stop defending the rabbi, as he was WRONG, just as these people were wrong.
Doesn't say much for the season with these idiotic threats of lawsuits and actual lawsuits which acomplish nothing but ill will for the holiday season.
30 posted on
12/20/2006 5:19:44 PM PST by
packrat35
(guest worker/day worker=SlaveMart)
To: SJackson
1-They're on the multi thousand post Sea-Tac threads, though the Rabbi never asked for anyting to be taken down. Exactly. Those running Briarcliff are acting like those at the airport.
2-Given the, imo credible, history of the dreidl as a ploy against persecution, I think it's inappropriate.
What else is there? Gelt looks like an ethnic joke, and latkes are not so good.
47 posted on
12/20/2006 5:32:16 PM PST by
rmlew
(Having slit their throats may the conservatives who voted for Casey choke slowly on their blood.)
To: SJackson
They're on the multi thousand post Sea-Tac threads Or else they're on the Tawana Brawlewitz "bus beating" threads.
108 posted on
12/20/2006 6:25:58 PM PST by
Alouette
(Psalms of the Day: 140-144)
To: SJackson
I think no displays on public property is a defensible position, but if you're going to have them, why not a Nativity Scene and a Menorah.
Agreed. By the way, a Menorah should also be viewed as a Christian symbol, since we Christians believe we are the offsrping of the Jewish religion that was saved in the miracle of the Menorah. I am sure Jesus celebrated Hanakka.
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