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To: SirVinny who wrote (354535)	10/12/2007 1:41:44 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575523

On the other hand, the anti-religion movement is IMO a fanatical one. They are the ones imposing their views onto others. For example, there are over 500 kids in my old elementary school, including my nephew and niece. All the students and their families with the exception of one kid wish to celebrate Christmas by putting up a tree. Unfortunately, because of one single kid, the rest of the students are deprived of their celebration. Why should the beliefs of one single individual be imposed on those of a whole community? Yeah, in that scenario it sounds ridiculous. But......should that one kid be able to put up ramadan decorations in the same school? If not, then you need to lay out the % numbers of Muslim population in the school for when it is OK to put up ramadan decorations. And, you have to realize that if he can't put up his ramadan decorations, there is probably eventually going to be some small school where some Christian kid wants to put up a Xmas tree, but can't because the majority Muslims won't let him. So I understand your beef, but what exactly is your policy recommendation? Do you advocate A) Every kid's parents can put up their religious festival symbols at the appropriate time of year? As long as the parents pay, the symbol is going up. So its multi-cultural festival school all the time. B) Only the majority gets to put up their religious festival symbols at the appropriate time of year? The minority groups are out of luck. C) When the group hits XX% of the student population, they are then entitled to put up their religious festival symbols at the appropriate time of year? Groups below XX% are out of luck. Which is it?