Posted on 04/27/2025 2:42:23 PM PDT by george76
Washington does not recognize Easter or Yom Kippur as state holidays.
The state of Washington, which does not officially recognize Easter or Yom Kippur as state holidays, became the first state in the nation to recognize the two Islamic holidays of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as unpaid state-recognized holidays when Democrat Governor Bob Ferguson signed the legislation into law this month.
“Senate Bill 5106, sponsored by Sen. Yasmin Trudeau (D-Tacoma), adds both Eid holidays to a list of 20 other state holidays. Rep. Osman Salahuddin (D-Redmond) sponsored the companion bill,” Ferguson’s website stated. “The new law does not establish Eid holidays as paid holidays, but rather adds them to the state’s list of recognized observances, similar to Lunar New Year or Billy Frank Jr. Day.”
“This bill is historic. Washington is now the first state to recognize Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as state holidays,” Ferguson boasted
In other words it's cheap posturing.
Why do liberals want to boast about how they are recognizing Islam?
Do they have any understanding of what happens to homosexuals in Islamic countries?
And we know liberals are very accommodating to homosexuality. Homosexuals are a key grievance group in liberal political culture.
So how can they recognize an enemy of homosexuality with some positive recognition?
Or how can they do this and be intellectually honest about their liberal beliefs?
Take a page from the leftist playbook and file a lawsuit to eliminate these religious holidays.
It's probably too late to stop, peacefully, the U.S. from becoming an Islamic nation in the next 25 years...
On the bright side (/s), that means that if I last until my 117th birthday, I may get access to all those virgins...🙄
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OK, California, your turn to make a “FReeper Day” a state holiday.
I have a sincere question.
After a terrorist event, when there are celebrations in the street, is that a state holiday or do we have to wait for a superintent like for snow days to declare it. I mean, the holiday celebration could be half-over by then. Can we save for the next day?
Goobye washington!
They are not liberal at all. They are iconoclastic. Not liberal.
The 19th amendment did this.
I’m constantly reminded of just how wise my decision was, 14 years ago, to leave my home of 46 years, Seattle.
I love it here on acreage in rural Kentucky. It’s the third best decision I’ve ever made, behind choosing my wife and, choosing the Lord.
On a recent visit to Canada, I was overwhelmed by the number of Muslims in the Great White North. Being a part of the British Commonwealth of Nations, Canada is fairly easy on permitting migration.
The danger is that some of these migrants later seek to relocate to the USA and claim to be “Canadians.”
Americans are so stupid, it’s pathetic. We are committing suicide and don’t even realize it.
I thought “Juneteenth” was a black holiday also?
“sponsored by Sen. Yasmin Trudeau”
The Trudeau family isn’t satisfied with wrecking their own country, now the have to wreak someone else’s.
The State should be striped of it’s name, and given Marxland as a new name.
I will enjoy a pork BBQ dinner on those days.
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