Happy Mythology day!Tomorrow is the only “American holiday” that has no relationship to Christianity, but DOES have a relationship to a different religion (Paganism). Those nasty pagan roots irk the fundies, so they protest, so now there are “Harvest festivals” around town, and Haloween is somehow evolving. OK.If we are going to adapt Haloween, I vote for “Myth Day”, so we can all dress up as our famous mythological character. Guess who I’m going as!See you at “The Holidays”!
phreedm,
AA has a limited budget for legal action. Why shouldn’t they go after the biggest bully on the playground?
Pha,
Here is the story on Xmas and the Plano Independent School District…I think this is still an ongoing saga…
In one of the schools I worked at, the principal allowed a group of missionaries to present via Powerpoint and songs their “trip to India” where they went to spread the gospel of Jeebus. Yes, it is completely illegal but who is doing the complaining? I would have lost my job…
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,141839,00.html
Comment from: pha
You’re kidding…
Here’s a fun nativity scene I came across when I googled lawsuits with school districts to have xmas removed.
http://amboytimes.typepad.com/the_amboy_times/2006/12/aclu_nativity_s.html
Barbiebrains
Oh yeah. I can imagine how pleased he’ll be when his kid comes home with the pencil and pad with the note explaining the Solstice. After all, it’s just a cultural exchange and we want to include everybody, right? I’m sure he’ll be glad to learn a chant and wear the headdress for around the Yule log, too. Of course it’s fine if the teacher hands out dreidels, too. And if some enlightened kid wants to share that Jesus couldn’t have been born in December, that’s kosher.
Karen,
I think the best solution would be to present Xmas in ALL its diversity…from Chamula Indian rituals to other practices that are self-described as “Christian” and even “Catholic”…Latin American “Catholic” which is a whole ‘nother animal…It would put the Bible-gropers in a tizzy as they infight over which practices are “Christian” and which are “Pagan”. I love Chrisitan in-fighting…cracks me up…What the heck is “pure Christianity” anyway????
Comment from: alatham
Not so…they have plenty of lawyers who’d sue pro bono…you can’t tell me the cross on a water tower in Florida was chosen because they were the “big” bully…
But regardless, can you point to one interview where Ellen denouced Halloween being celebrated within the public schools?
Can you provide one press release from AA claiming that Halloween is a violation of the “myth”…???
That in itself speaks volumes…
Well, speak of the christian and he appears! Now you want AA to protect everyone from what used to be a pagan ritual.
Yes sir , right away sir.
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