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Posted on 03/30/2010 9:40:46 AM PDT by Biggirl
One week before the most solemn day in the Christian year, the city of Davenport, Iowa removed Good Friday from its municipal calendar, setting off a storm of complaints from Christians and union members whose contracts give them that day off. Taking a recommendation by the Davenport Civil Rights Commission to change the holiday's name to something more ecumenical, City Administrator Craig Malin sent a memo to municipal employees announcing Good Friday would officially be known as "Spring Holiday."
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I heard they changed it back to Good Friday.
Would not surprise me, the folks were not happy with the change.
What good is havin' a German Pope if this is allowed?
The same crowd who insist on calling Christmastime “the holidays” while denying it’s because they don’t want to say “Christ...”.
It's GOOD FRIDAY! It commemorates the day our Lord and Savior was crucified. How can anyone get something ecumentical out of that? It's completely nuts!
Let’s rename the Jewish holidays something secular too. Let’s call Passover “Flat Bread Day” and Purim “Whew That was a Close One.”
If you can't recognize the day for what it is, you can't have it off.
Heck, let's see City Hall open on Sundays now.
Why is it that we look to Iowa when picking our candidates for the general election?
God is going to make us all pay for this madness.
They only reason that it is a holiday is because it’s Good Friday. Otherwise, no reason to take it off.
This has been posted four other times already.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2482623/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2482792/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2482813/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2483033/posts
Iowa and New Hampshire: the two most over-rated states in the union.
How about Crucifixion Day? Because Hanging Day wouldn’t be accurate.
I guess it depends on what the rating scale is. ;-)
Too bad I didn’t see it those times.....this posting worked best for me and my lunch break.
I heard they changed it back to Good Friday.
Yeah, after Fox News and the blogosphere got done beating them up the little bureau-Nazi did a 180 and reversed himself.
I’m sure this will not be the last time it is tried though.
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