“Children being prohibited from writing “Merry Christmas” on CHRISTMAS CARDS sent to troops overseas.”
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Okay...I’ll address that one. This is not a public school activity. No more so than having kids send “Happy Kwanzaa,” “Merry Festivus,” “Happy Hanukkah,” “Merry Winter Solstice,” “Happy Saturnalia,” or “Happy Ramadan” cards to the troops.
If you want your kids to do that, write the cards at home or send them to a private school instead of public school.
Not anti-Christian. In fact, my child is Catholic.
I’m against those who think they have the right to use their kids to try to convert my child in a public elementary school to their religion without my knowledge or consent.
As for the source of my knowledge, my kid attended Haggar Elementary from kindergarten through fifth grade. It was one of the PISD schools at the time where parents were having their kids play missionary and pretend to be victims when confronted on it.
The school wasn’t perfect...but it was a good public school. And at the time, there were many kids of non-Christian religions attending the school. But that’s beside the point. Having elementary kids spread the “good news” through distributing candy canes with Bible verses and Jesus pencils goes beyond religious tolerance. It is a ridiculous interference with the rights of other parents to raise their children in different faiths.
Like some Muslims, you’re demanding that I tolerate intolerance in the interest of freedom of religion.