NYC Schools Chancellor in Ramadan Prayer About Face

Newsmac.com ^ | Friday Nov. 16, 2001; 9:37 a.m. EST | Carl Limbacher

[pgkdan]

"This is what diversity really means—giving equal recognition to the diverse cultural and religious heritages that constitute the American mosaic.

i usually agree with William Donahue but here he's flatly wrong. What diversity really means is balkanization and the death of America.

[Zorobabel]

The ACLU doesn't want some wild eyed Muslim fanatic armed with a fatwah and a Damascus blade coming after them. Or a carbomb interrupting one of their whine and cheese parties.

[wardaddy]

Good News!!!...sort of. In a perfect world I wish every child could practice their own faith wherever they wish including schools. This partiality in favor of all religions but Chrisitanity is nothing but the inherent hatred most academia and media in parts this nation have for Christianity.

An example: My 2 girls attend Sudbury public schools in the People's Republic of Massachusetts. Their school calendar makes reference to Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur specifically as holidays but declares Christmas and Easter as Winter Recess and Spring Recess respectively. They also honour any other religious holiday for the kids individually but never ever make any reference to Chrisitian holidays per se. I have nothing against Yom Kippur or Rosh Hashanah ...or even Purim for that matter:>) but why show favoritism..It's almost like the predominate religion in this nation historically is obligated to make itself invisible so as not to offend anyone else on any matter that is considered "public"..When I was a boy over 3 decades ago now....public schools made accomodations for all kids even though my school was predominately Christian...the dozen or so Jewish kids had their own thing and were exempt from Christian things.

Our Courts have sure let the anti-Christian secularists run wild over all of us and we've taken it lying down for the most part. This Ramadan reversal is a victory in an uncomfortable way...for me.

[rface]

Rock Bridge (Missouri) accommodates Muslim students: "It sounds like we set up a mosque in our (public) school" from Oct 25, 2001

[packrat01]

He was serious?

I thought the sarcasm was dripping out of that statement.

[dennisw]

GREAT IMAGE THERE! HAHHAHAHHAHAHA!! I LOVE IT!!!

[Kierkegaard]

Saber, ....what can I say, man. Dry wit. But devious you are. That picture gave me a convulsive smirk, if you can imagine what that's like.

[cake_crumb]

"As Dennis Prager always says, only people with advanced degrees in education could possibly be that stupid"

Yep.

Great post, Sabertooth...BUMP!!

[concerned about politics]

Rather than granting parity, however, Schools Chancellor Levy abandoned the school prayer plan entirely.

Rather than risk Christianity in their socialist indoctrination center ?

Jeasus Christ just keeps ruining their Marxist plans!

[culpeper]

Yes it seems like there is an inverse relationship between degree level and common sense sometimes.

[Sabertooth]

That picture gave me a convulsive smirk, if you can imagine what that's like.

Actually, I'm having a hard time, but it's nice to know you're past your "fear and trembling" phase. Could be a good career move.

[CheneyChick]

Unbelievable...... thanks for the ping! CC :)

[doug from upland]

The Catholic League said it correctly.

[concerned about politics]

"It is only fitting that the New York City public schools extend to Jews and Christians the same respect for their religious traditions and observances that they now extend to Muslims," Catholic League President William Donohue said.

Only pagan Gods allowed in school. Karl Marx said so!
If Christianity sneeks in, there goes years and years of socialist thought control, down the drain, and the lefties can't allow that to happen.
The Muslums must understand that it's not them, but the school has to do what's good for the whole peoples republic of China.......er......America.

[Aquinasfan]

I've come to believe that school administrators are some of the most intellectually lame in our country - behind university professors, of course.

Don't forget gutless.

[openotherend]

Selective diversity or "Diversity isn't for everyone."

[SocialMeltdown]

That's because the ivory tower elite view the world through "theories" instead of reality.

They believe the world SHOULD work according to their theories and it drives them nuts when the real world doesn't.

They also see people as rats in an experiment and they think they can train them to do what their theory prescribes.

Only people are far more complex than rats and that too drives them bonkers.

[WIMom]

If the Christians and Jews did not point out the double standard, the Muslims would have been allowed to pray. Is this a liberal school board? OOPS, dumb question. Sorry.

[culpeper]

True...they think that they can create a "utopia" here on earth. This can only exist in Heaven, needless to say most of them are athiests.