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NYC Schools Chancellor in Ramadan Prayer About Face
Newsmac.com ^ | Friday Nov. 16, 2001; 9:37 a.m. EST | Carl Limbacher

Posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:34 PM PST by Sabertooth

After a flood of complaints about the decision by New York City's public school Chancellor Harold Levy to set aside special classrooms where Muslim students could pray during Ramadan, the plan has been abruptly dropped.

"The Schools Chancellor is making an about-face from yesterday's announcement that Muslim students could go to a special area on school grounds and pray for Ramadan," reported WABC Radio in New York, which broke the Muslim-prayer-in-schools story last month.

Civil rights lawyers as well as many in the general public were outraged at the double standard that blatantly violated the Supreme Court's ruling banning school prayer and they let their displeasure be known in calls to Levy's office.

The Catholic League, on the other hand, actually praised the decision, but noted the double standard in a press release Thursday.

"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.

"This is what diversity really means—giving equal recognition to the diverse cultural and religious heritages that constitute the American mosaic. We expect our plea for parity will be granted."

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

"Students of all religious faiths can always pray but it cannot disrupt class and it cannot be offered in the form of a special prayer room," Levy's office said.


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No big loss.



1 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:34 PM PST by Sabertooth
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To: CheneyChick; vikingchick; WIMom; one_particular_harbour; kmiller1k; Victoria Delsoul; proud2bRC...
Good news growl!


2 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:35 PM PST by Sabertooth
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"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.

Exactly!!! The hypocrites are caught again...thanks for the post!

3 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:35 PM PST by SunnyUsa
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To: Sabertooth
I've come to believe that school administrators are some of the most intellectually lame in our country - behind university professors, of course.
4 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:35 PM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: Sabertooth
Rather than granting parity, however, Schools Chancellor Levy abandoned the school prayer plan entirely.

Right out of page 37 of the New Butt Order® (NBO) playbook.

6 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:35 PM PST by Buffalo Bob
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To: Sabertooth
It's a small victory.

At least people are now "sensitive" to the fact that every other religion is favored and promoted other than Christianity.

The school was caught favoring one religion over another all for the sake of "diversity" and "cultural sensitivity".

Maybe they'll learn to apply the rules more fairly.

7 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:35 PM PST by SocialMeltdown
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To: SunnyUsa
"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.

Exactly!!! The hypocrites are caught again...thanks for the post!

Right on point.

8 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:36 PM PST by Commonsense
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'Human Bombs "R" Us'
9 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:36 PM PST by Travis McGee
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To: Sabertooth
I was in NY yesterday and got to listen to WABC's drive time shows. They were ALL OVER THIS! They do a balanced left-right show in the AM and both guys were up in arms. It was great.
10 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:36 PM PST by Blueflag
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To: anniegetyourgun
As Dennis Prager always says, only people with advanced degrees in education could possibly be that stupid.
11 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:36 PM PST by P-Marlowe
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To: Sabertooth
Shine the light of truth on the left and the break and run like the Taliban after a US airstrike.
12 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:38 PM PST by KSCITYBOY
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'Human Bombs "R" Us'

With Ramadan here, we're running out of shopping days to get the dummy bombs for the kiddies.


13 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:41 PM PST by Sabertooth
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WABC Radio in New York, which broke the Muslim-prayer-in-schools story last month.

Everyone is pretending this is a new policy and the media just broke the story. Not true.

Schools Harass Christians, Coddle Other Faiths

Source: FrontPageMagazine.com
Published: June 21, 2001
Author: Dr. David A. Yeagley
Posted on 06/24/2001
13:54:50 PDT by dvan

IN NEW YORK CITY, Muslims can pray in public schools. Christians can’t. Muslims can assemble in school auditoriums, during school hours, and pray. Christians cannot.

So says the New York Post, in a Dec.1, 2000 article titled, “Muslim Kids Get To Pray In School For Ramadan,” by Carl Campanile...
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b36539a5777.htm


14 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:48 PM PST by LarryLied
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To: Sabertooth
I guess the Chancellor figured he would have to set aside classrooms for kids to pray during Christmas, Kwanze, Hannukkah, Easter, Lent, Yom Kippur, Wicca, Halloween, etc., etc., etc.
15 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:48 PM PST by itsinthebag
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Is it any wonder the public schools are a mess ?
16 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:48 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: LarryLied
Thanks for the link to the older article.
17 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:49 PM PST by FR_addict
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To: Sabertooth
I don't see the ACLU's name mentioned.

Surely an oversight. It can't only be Christian practice which offends them can it?

18 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:49 PM PST by marshmallow
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"Rather than granting parity, however, Schools Chancellor Levy abandoned the school prayer plan entirely."

Oh, golly geeeez whillackers . . . let's NOT be PC because everyone else is bitching about it, and afterall, it does involve, you know . . . that awful thing some people do . . . PRAYING!

FReeregards . . .


19 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:49 PM PST by gatorman
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To: Sabertooth
Isn't today the first day of Ramadan? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Well, I know what I'll be seeing on the local news tonight. Lots of whining.

20 posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:50 PM PST by hellinahandcart
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