Posted on 10/09/2025 4:48:37 AM PDT by Twotone
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California has become the third U.S. state to designate Diwali — the Hindu “Festival of Lights” — as an official statewide holiday.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law Tuesday to go into effect on Jan. 1. It would authorize public schools and community colleges to close on Diwali. State employees could elect to take the day off and public school students will get an excused absence to celebrate the holiday. The new law recognizes that Diwali is also celebrated by Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists.
Pennsylvania was the first U.S. state to make Diwali a statewide holiday in 2024, followed by Connecticut earlier this year.
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Teddy Roosevelt is turning in his grave right now.
Pagan trash holiday for H1B colonizers.
I thought this was a made-up holiday on The Office. People in real life celebrate this?
It’s a racist holiday because racist Columbus was trying to find a trade route his his racist trade partners in racist India or sumthin’.
You got that right.
So is Kipling.
Trying to eradicate American culture and traditions one *holiday* at a time.
They tried it with all the traditional holidays during the Covid excuse. Can’t do Memorial Day, can’t do the 4th, can’t do Thanksgiving, New Year’s, Easter, or even church although liquor stores could be open.
Now there’s this and Junteenth, and Kawanza etc......
Enough of this crap.
Sounds like horse pucky to me. Is this related to Kwanzaa!
Well, it is newscum’s only logical reaction to the looming joblessness of those groups as the administration clamps down on illegal CDLs they gave to truck drivers...
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Just another small step in making ever single day of the year a holiday!
No, Vishnu.
Taking incremental steps, they got George Washington’s birthday removed from the calendar. If they are not stopped, Juneteenth will eventually replace Independence Day on the American calendar.
Fine. Now let’s officially recognize Festivus.
Oh, and we should be able to start saying “Merry Christmas” again.
Another holiday for government workers... Just what Californication needed.
“”It would authorize public schools and community colleges to close on Diwali. State employees could elect to take the day off and public school students will get an excused absence to celebrate the holiday.””
WHO does this make sense to? Schools close but students get excused absences???? And WHEN did any state employee refuse to take a day off when offered?
and Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur are not. unwise to open this door.
It is all about those who opened the door.
California Jews lack the power to open the door
How cosmopolitan of PA and Cali! How about adding a holiday from Haiti?
The Bee?..................
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