Posted on 12/14/2008 5:14:04 AM PST by Man50D
The decision by a New York village to place the Islamic star and crescent alongside the community's official Christmas tree has a Catholic leader wondering if there are any wise men among the town's leaders.
Supervisors for Armonk, N.Y. voted to display a menorah and a star and crescent at tonight's Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the town's gazebo.
"We've decided to go in the direction of being all-inclusive," Supervisor Reese Berman told Associated Press.
The village had added the menorah previously. Last year, town resident Asad Jilani, saying the Christmas season is an appropriate time to celebrate all cultures, asked the board to include Islamic symbols as well.
"I said 'Oh, there's a menorah and a Christmas tree and where is my crescent?'" said Jilani.
Berman, who is Jewish, said the town did not have time to adequately address Jilani's request last year and, to not make Muslims feel they were being specifically excluded, the menorah was removed to a local synagogue.
"The last thing I was suggesting was to move the menorah," Jilani said. "I wanted this to be for openness, for representing everyone."
This year, after a committee researched the law and what was being done in other communities, Armonk leaders voted to include the star and crescent, even though the closest Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha does not always fall in December.
"It might have been easier to just do away with the Christmas tree and everything else but it would be too much of an assault on what we're used to at Christmas," said Berman.
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So where’s the pentagram? Incluuze ALL the devils!
That’s fine, as long as they include a cross during Muslim holidays.
I understand now why Jesus said that the road to Heaven is very narrow and not everyone will be allowed to enter.
These PC idiots need to get their heads out of their butts and accept Jesus Christ who is the ONLY Savior!
This should have finished with, "... the village idiot is already included - I'm in charge."
Some are in for a big surprise, or they just don’t care. The trumpet will sound.
AND 9/11 is a distant memory.
Yes.
I believe there will be a crescent moon on inauguration night.
I assume we will have the obligatory skyward machinegun fire and tongue trilling on Christmas eve. Perhaps a few bomb blasts.
National suicide. We need to toss out all these P.C. politicos and install some with the stones to resist and repel the islamic invasion. Because it IS an invasion, with the muzz that are here acting as the Trojan Horse.
Citizens of the state in which 9/11 occurred now honor the religion of those who committed the mayhem. Wow!
This is what it’s come to. If anyone had doubts, those must be vanishing on a daily basis. By custom, we DO NOT celebrate a generic “winter holiday” - We celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah. Putting a different name on the season and making it “inclusive” doesn’t change the reality of what it is.
Words mean something and facts are facts. Americans have shown an amazing willingness to be duped and enslaved by political correctness. I’m very sad for my country.
Where’s the nativity?
Sorry, a lit tree is not a religious symbol, but secular.
What? No “Festivus Pole?”
I hate this stuff...
Check here for your monthly moon status:
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Ready for the deep freeze?!
We’re getting rain today. 37 degrees already, going up to 43 *YIKES* so everything is a slick, icy mess with the snow melting. Grrrrr! I’ll be selling Christmas Trees today, so being outside will be a pleasure for once this season.
Tonight’s low will be 9 degrees...a 34 degree temperature drop for those playing along at home, LOL!
Then, it’s into the teens for the week. No below-zero predictions YET...but my Bunny Boots are laced up and ready to go! :)
“”We’ve decided to go in the direction of being all-inclusive,” Supervisor Reese Berman told Associated Press.”
Supervisor Berman may be reached here:
supervisor@northcastleny.com
Not a problem but I want the SCV to speak at the Martin Luther King Day celebration. Openness, diversity and all that
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