Posted on 11/30/2001 8:42:29 AM PST by ppaul
TO: KC Global Announcement to All King County EmployeesFM: Ron Sims, King County Executive
RE: Holiday Celebrations
With the post September 11 tragedy climate and the religious holidays starting, we at King County want to ensure that any upcoming holiday celebration at the workplace is held in a respectful, inclusive, and sensitive manner that does not favor one religion over another. Particularly in public areas, this means that any holiday recognition or celebration should be religion-neutral.
Examples of religion-neutral practices include: naming the celebration(s) "Holiday Celebration" or "Winter Celebration;"
using general greetings such as "Happy Holidays" or "Holiday Greetings;"
using decorations that are commonplace - poinsettias, evergreen boughs, lights - but not using religious symbols nor practices; and
obtaining the concurrence of all affected employees prior to holding a holiday social and/or food gathering. Care should be taken that employees who do not concur with holding a gathering are protected from retaliation.
Cultural information sharing about various religious holidays in the name of diversity is allowable when it is done in the context of employee education and is inclusive of various religious celebrations such as Ramadan, Hanukkah, Christmas, etc.
I encourage you to contact Maria Batayola, at (206) 263-7380, should you have any questions and/or comments.
cc: Robert S. Derrick, Director, Office of Human Resources Management (OHRM)
Maria Batayola, Manager, Diversity Management Division, OHRM
King County Executive, RON SIMS
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Thou shall not have an eccentric thought, nor shall government or public be imposed any eccentric thought. Actualy we own your brains.
Signed: a liberal calling for a war in the name of peace from eccentricity.
Holy day recognition religion neutral. There shall be no 'friendship' occurring while on the 'taxpayer' clock. We must be completely professional at all times in our capacity of 'public' servants. < /sarcasm>
I'll fight it though. I'm sure you will too.
If I lived there I would FReep this guy not with signs but with me and all my friends making a live nativity scene. That would be fun.
Mr Sims: Since I have left Washington I have seen the State go further and further into the toilet because the stupid voters elect stupid representitives and they get you. Religion haters like you will be soon in the garbage. In fact, had it not been for Sept 11 we would not have known of idiots like you occupying government positions until you open up your stupid mouths and do stupid things. Thank you. Now we know who to fire because idiots like you are waking the slumbering masses. BTW You will be happy to know that I found out about you via a nationally recognized website that posts articles. Knowledge of your stupidity will be known by millions of Americans within days. Tell me how does it feel to have your ignorant PC lunacy known all over the country? Have a nice day
The word derivation of "Christmas" (= "Christ" + "Mass" [as in Catholic]) is, I think, almost exclusive to the English language. It's ironic that the Romance languages themselves use a term which does not reference Catholic doctrine but rather is analogous to "nativity" ("Noel," "Navidad," etc.), whereas the Protestant Anglican church calls it "Christmas."
Merry Nativity (or whatever you choose to call it)!
Duh, I went to the 350 languages site and there are more variations of the word "Christmas" represented than I realized. I don't know how many of those borrow from English, but still, pulling foot out of mouth...
THAT'll wish 'em a Merry Christmas alright LOL
Go trust in Jesus Christ for your eternal life.
Also get a clue: it doesn't cost the taxpayers a dime more to let, nay even encourage, civil servants to wish one another a Merry Christmas or Happy Chanukah or Feliz Ramadan or what have you. "Conservative Republican" atheists who scrooge religion out of the public square should not be surprised when they find themselves at the same destination as the liberals.
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