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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (2276)	10/12/2000 7:52:11 PM
From: cosmicforce	Respond to of 10042

Well aren't you just the picture of tolerance...<g> That is really considerate, actually. I've never been religious but, you know what, I loved Christmas and Christmas Carols in schools. Christmas as Europeans practice it was stolen from the Pagans anyway, so really, it isn't all that religious to me, IMO. If we take a step back to all of our roots we will find that there are a disproportionate number of holidays near the equinoxes and solstices. At some basic, probably agrarian level, it is important to have holidays to mark the passage of time. Removing these traditions from schools saddened me. I think you have found a nice way to retain that festive feeling that I felt was missing for my children. In the high school where I went, it was largely Italian and Jewish with about a 1/3 other (mostly Protestant or Hispanic). We were exposed to a variety of holiday festivals and I really liked it. Banners with Happy Chanukah and Merry Christmas adorned our halls. Liberal Jews in my neighborhood actually had a Chanukah Bush and lights (blue, of course)!! I thought that was cool. But, public school is probably not the place for religion: Pagan, Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, Hindu, or otherwise. I think everyone benefited by your ability to include rather than exclude people. Congratulations for your sensitivity and compassion.