New York State Legislators Want To Add Religious Holidays to School Calendar – IOTW Report

New York State Legislators Want To Add Religious Holidays to School Calendar

It’s odd that the government does everything it can to take Christianity out of public life, yet they suddenly want to add religious holidays to the school calendar in the name of diversity and multi-culturalism.

Muslims, of course, will get 2 more holidays if the bill passes.

If Islam is a religion, I’m a Hooters waitress.

CBS

As CBS2’s Carolyn Gusoff found out Wednesday, a bill being considered in Albany could add religious holidays to the academic year.

“It’s only appropriate and fair to extend a holiday like Diwali or Eid or Vaisakhi to people from the South Asian community,” said state Sen. Kevin Thomas, D-Garden City. “These are like Christmas and New Year.”

Thomas, New York’s first senator of Indian descent, is sponsoring a bill to give districts the ability to close on six additional religious holidays — two Islamic, two Hindu, one Sikh and Christian Good Friday. New York City schools already close on the Lunar New Year and Islamic Eid al-Fitr.

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17 Comments on New York State Legislators Want To Add Religious Holidays to School Calendar

  1. In the late 60’s early 70’s when i was in jr/sr high school the mexicans got diez y seis de septiembre e cinco de mayo off when the rest of us white guys didn’t…..This bull shit is 50 years old and is only gonna get worse…

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  2. Brad…
    HUH?….I was simply explaining that the Mexicans (where I grew up) got special treatment for non-designated holidays and took the time off when us whiteys couldn’t…..True…The 16th of September is Independence day for Mexicans from the French or Spaniards or ???? and they were celebrating it in Denver Colorado in 1971….In other words 48 years ago….I think your rudders stuck like a lollypop in a tornado…Or maybe I’m mistaken that there truly is a Bad_Brad and he/she is just not a conglomerate of identities…..LOLOLOL

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  3. “.I was simply explaining that the Mexicans (where I grew up) got special treatment ”
    Well dah. Have you ever read any of the comments you type? You’re fucking idiot.

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  4. Isn’t Good Friday already a statutory holiday down in New York State? If these holidays are added does that mean the schools are closed that day? If so I’d be inclined to think that the teachers union is behind this in order to get even more time off. Lazy bastards.

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  5. It seems that all the Fridays will be taken by other religious holidays, so they are going to move Good Friday to the first Tuesday in August, as that appears to be conflict free.

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