Posted on 03/11/2020 6:32:35 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Colorado lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday to replace Columbus Day with a new state holiday honoring Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini on the first Monday in October.
Cabrini Day is believed to be the first paid state holiday to recognize a woman anywhere in the country, the Denver Post reported. It now needs the governor's signature to become law, and he is not expected to oppose it.
Honoring Cabrini, an Italian American and patron saint of immigrants, was a compromise with Italian Americans, who take pride in the Italian explorer, lead bill sponsor Adrienne Benavidez said.
Benavidez has been trying for years to abolish Columbus Day and calls it "a festering sore."
"The continuation of a racist holiday hurts people, and this says that we as a state no longer want to be party to that," she said.
Many House and Senate Republicans said the bill was a rewrite of history and all of them opposed the bill.
Cabrini came to Colorado in 1902 and opened the Queen of Heaven Orphanage for girls in north Denver a few years later. In 1909, she was naturalized as a U.S. citizen and she negotiated the purchase of a rural property to be used as a summer camp for girls at the orphanage.
"The land upon which Cabrini established her orphanage and camp is the traditional territory and homeland to the Cheyenne, Arapaho and Ute indigenous nations," the bill's text read. "Those indigenous peoples, and all indigenous peoples, have a special, sacred relationship with water, similar to that of Cabrini."
Throughout the United States and South and Central America, Cabrini founded 67 institutions, including schools, hospitals and orphanages, in her lifetime.
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Never heard of her
Probably more to honor of Cabrini Green. Dems want us all in the Projects.
Because she legally immigrated to the United States; she was a deeply religious Christian; as a Catholic nun, she was or would have been anti-abortion; she's Caucasian; and she probably wasn't a lesbian or a man who likes to dress like a woman. Quite frankly, I am shocked that the libtards in Colorado went for this.
If I lived in Colorado, I would be starting a new tradition: The celebration of Columbus Day with outdoor decorations and Columbus Day cards and gifts.
I’m guessing that Next Denver will remove her shrine and build a homeless shelter on the desirable location.
We have so many days and “months” that they pretty much mean nothing. America is watered down and we will never make everyone happy.
People in CO do the dumbest things.
I really don't mind if there is a day set aside to celebrate Mother Cabrini. Go for it. But eventually someone will come for her and say 'she was Catholic and gays hate Catholics for some reason so her holiday is offensive'. Eventually we'll only have a day celebrating this guy:
Adrienne Benavidez sounds like a racist.
I had thought that the sarcasm was evident.
“Mother Cabrini’s impact on world history is at least as great as Columbus’s. Why would anyone not support this change?”
I have never heard of the woman. There are 365 days in a year, why not pick one not used in this fashion?
Oh, because they want to erase our history. Sure.
An incremental step to be later replaced.
Let me tell you a true fact: I, and many others just like me, have never heard of Ms. Cabrini before this day. So, how could she be so earth shaken important?
I have heard of Columbus................
Might your cogent observation regarding your knowledge of Mother Cabrini be an indication of her actual influence on world history?
Surely, the ridiculousness of my argument was an indication of its implausibility.
(And yes, I’ll quit calling you Shirley.)
They could always celebrate her during Kwanzaa.
Or they could leave the celebration of her to the Roman Catholic Church.
If I lived in Colorado, I might well challenge creation of Cabrini Day on Church Establishment grounds.
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