Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Cornell University Warns Mistletoe Isn’t 'Inclusive' Enough And Students Shouldn't Use It
Daily Caller ^ | December 4, 2015 | Blake Neff

Posted on 12/06/2015 2:14:47 AM PST by Zakeet

A guide to "inclusive" Christmas decorations created by Cornell University warns that any decorations that remotely evoke religion, which includes stars and mistletoe, are incompatible with the school's commitment to diversity.

The university then rattles off a list of decorations that are "NOT consistent" with the school's "commitment to diversity and inclusiveness." The discouraged decorations include the following:

[Snip]

The schools says that holly, Santa Clauses, and wreaths might be acceptable decorations, but only after "dialogue within [a] living unit or area" to ensure nobody is offended.

Universities around the country have been issuing Christmas guidelines aimed at discouraging the display of religious symbols. A recent guidance email at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, for instance, warned against letting holiday parties become "Christmas parties in disguise" and discouraged using terms such as "Secret Santa" because they could offend people.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: christmas; education; liberalism
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-65 next last
To: Zakeet

It’s hard to turn these fools out. They just keep putting their idiocy in your face.


41 posted on 12/06/2015 5:00:02 AM PST by Brilliant
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Zakeet

“In the spirit of inclusiveness and diversity, the following words, topics and ideas are not to be mentioned.” The montra of colleges and schools today.

George Orwell should have written a sequel, “1985”.


42 posted on 12/06/2015 5:02:29 AM PST by TMA62 (Al Sharpton - The North Korea of race relations)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Zakeet

Wife and I were at a nice steak house last night consuming beef and beverage. The place was packed. The wife sneezes loudly...and someone well across the restaurant says loudly “God bless you!” Wife sneezes again...the waitress standing two tables down says “God bless you” and smiles at us.

I think there’s hope.


43 posted on 12/06/2015 5:05:03 AM PST by moovova
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Fai Mao

Way too festive, NO!!!!!!! I’m glad I grew up when I did.......


44 posted on 12/06/2015 5:06:11 AM PST by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Zakeet

I wonder what they would think of decorating a “holiday” tree with hundreds tuition checks marked VOID?


45 posted on 12/06/2015 5:06:54 AM PST by cyclotic (Liberalism is what smart looks like to stupid people.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Gaffer

What an insult to those who celebrate Christmas. Not very “inclusive” of them.


46 posted on 12/06/2015 5:25:16 AM PST by goldi
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: goldi

Besides the fact that their faculties are riddled with rabid liberals, some very clear financial imperatives are at work here.

From student loans and grants (e.g., Pell and others), to grants and funding for research, every university has to try and find some balance between legitimate academic endeavors and political influence. An honorable administration would not tie these financial incentives to political goals. THIS administration is ALL ABOUT carrot and stick. We now have the most despicable government ever in control during this proud country’s history.


47 posted on 12/06/2015 5:29:06 AM PST by Gaffer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 46 | View Replies]

To: Zakeet

Mistletoe is Judeo/Christian? I thought it came from the Druids.


48 posted on 12/06/2015 5:30:38 AM PST by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Billthedrill

Mistletoe, where will the gays kiss?


49 posted on 12/06/2015 5:32:47 AM PST by ronnie raygun (If we dont stand we will fall hard)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Zakeet

When New York State closed it’s mental institutions back in the 1980s it obviously missed one.


50 posted on 12/06/2015 5:35:11 AM PST by Gritty (Syrians aren't Jews fleeing Nazi Holocaust but Nazis relocating from a bombed out Berlin-DGreenfield)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Zakeet

when considering employee applicants , the well reasoned policy shoudl be exclusive of cornell graduates


51 posted on 12/06/2015 5:38:44 AM PST by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPyes but now I must concentratc.;+12, 73, ....carson is the kinder gentler trumping.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: snoringbear

>>Yah, it also has pagan origins; with the ancient Greeks and later the Celtics. You would think the Libs would embrace it because of this.

They don’t like it because it encourages boys to kiss girls. If it encouraged boys to kiss boys, they’d be in favor of it.


52 posted on 12/06/2015 5:43:40 AM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: Zakeet

A few Godless creeps at these universities have taken over. They wanted to live their immoral lives so they pushed their evil on everyone else.

We need to quit funding with our tax dollars these wicked colleges and universities.


53 posted on 12/06/2015 5:44:45 AM PST by boycott (--)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: twister881

Send the heads of the universities that are doing this a pacifier.


54 posted on 12/06/2015 5:51:24 AM PST by joshua c (Please dont feed the liberals)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: Zakeet

Life imitates South Park.......

“Here is the happy, non-offensive, non-denominational school play.....”

http://southpark.cc.com/clips/103765/fa-la-la-your-la


55 posted on 12/06/2015 5:58:45 AM PST by dfwgator
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Zakeet

Were I a student at Cornell, I’d be walking around with a piece of mistletoe pinned to my shirttail.


56 posted on 12/06/2015 6:09:23 AM PST by Arm_Bears (Biology is biology. Everything else is imagination.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Zakeet

All part of the plan to usher in an atheistic society. Why should somebody be offended by another expressing their spirituality?


57 posted on 12/06/2015 6:12:45 AM PST by Homer1
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Zakeet

As I recall from my youth mistletoe was very diverse? Meant you didn’t discimate, kissed all the girls.


58 posted on 12/06/2015 6:16:55 AM PST by TruthWillWin (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Zakeet

These people are freakin nuts.


59 posted on 12/06/2015 6:23:43 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Zakeet

Of course, the condoms Democrats use to decorate the
White House trees are all PC in their red & green
wrappers. Those and lights are all they need.


60 posted on 12/06/2015 6:55:14 AM PST by Twinkie (John 3:16)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-65 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson