response 50 of 74:

Nov 17 19:32 UTC 2003

Re #41: That's pretty much the argument one school district is using for
giving kids Eid (a Muslim holiday) off.  So much of their student body is
Muslim that they wouldn't meet attendance requirements for calling it an
"official" school day.

My schools always had Good Friday off, though they were careful not to
*call* it that...of course, we got the first day of rifle season off, too. 
I guess some people would consider that a religious holiday as well. ;>

response 52 of 74:

Nov 17 20:18 UTC 2003

I think President's day was for the birth anniversary of two 
presidents, Lincoln and Washington, and they picked a day between the 
two brith anniversaries? Or have I been misinformed?

response 54 of 74:

Nov 17 21:41 UTC 2003

Maybe it's not more important to commemmorate than to
"doiscommemmorate" then.

response 56 of 74:

Nov 17 23:20 UTC 2003

        Was Washington's birthday Feb 22nd new calendar or old calendar
(jump in days in his lifetime)?

response 58 of 74:

Nov 18 03:00 UTC 2003

2003:

Federal law (5 U.S.C. 6103) establishes the following public holidays 
for Federal employees.  Please note that most Federal employees work on 
a Monday through Friday schedule.  For these employees, when a holiday 
falls on a nonworkday -- Saturday or Sunday -- the holiday usually is 
observed on Monday (if the holiday falls on Sunday) or Friday (if the 
holiday falls on Saturday).

Wednesday, January 1    New Year's Day
Monday, January 20      Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Monday, February 17     Washington's Birthday
Monday, May 26          Memorial Day
Friday, July 4          Independence Day
Monday, September 1     Labor Day
Monday, October 13      Columbus Day
Tuesday, November 11    Veterans Day
Thursday, November 27   Thanksgiving Day
Thursday, December 25   Christmas Day


re 52:  We did not know that Presidents Washington & Lincoln were 
Jewish.

re 49:  No Jew would take Hanukah off for religious reasons.

response 60 of 74:

Nov 18 04:54 UTC 2003

Re 58> Who said anything about Lincoln or Washington being Jewish? Where the
hell did that question come from?

And I'm not very aware of the Jewish faith. I may be wrong in thinking they'd
want to take hanukkah off.

Also, what is the pont of your post? It reiterated what gelinas said, and
brought up a point that was never debated? Did you even read what people had
to say?

response 62 of 74:

Nov 18 06:13 UTC 2003

mynxcat, the penultimate sentence of #58 was a pun, based upon the
misspelling of the second occurrence of "birth", as "brith", in your
response.  In Hebrew, "brith" means 'cutting' and is a reference to
circumcision.

I'd thought Presidents Day was established at the same time as Martin
Luther King Day, to keep the total number of holidays the same.

response 64 of 74:

Nov 18 17:20 UTC 2003

re:  "#62(gelinas):  In Hebrew, "brith" means 'cutting' and is a 
reference to circumcision."

More accurately "ritual circumcision."  (And the Hebrew word "brith" 
means "covenant."  In Hebrew, the United States is called "Artzot 
ha'Brith" - the "lands of the covenant (agreement)".  B'nai Brith = 
Sons of the Covenant.)

And

"I'd thought Presidents Day was established at the same time as Martin
Luther King Day, to keep the total number of holidays the same."

As demonstrated by the listing, there is no "Presidents Day" as far as 
the federal government is concerned.

response 68 of 74:

Nov 22 04:13 UTC 2003

Bru got #0's story from Worldnet Daily (www.worldnetdaily.com)  Be advised
that this "news" site is run by a far right wing fringe group, run by
Joseph Farah.  Here is a bit about Farah:

http://hnn.us/comments/13537.html:

"Joseph Farah describes the United States as a moral wasteland and calls
on Americans to embrace God. His proposal for change includes abolishing
the income tax and the IRS, withdrawing from all international treaties
and institutions, repealing all gun laws and ending federal funding for
schools, the arts, conservation, housing and agriculture while
simultaneously expanding the role of the church in national life,
including actively censoring the entertainment industry and having a
direct role in education and family life." 

Get your news from credible news sources.  Do not get your news from "news
sources" that are really fronts for groups with radical agendas.  The guys
behind Worldnet Daily are as fringe radical as the Rev. Sun Yung Moon's
group that puts out the Washington Times.

Also pushing this lawsuit will not get nativity scenes allowed back in
schools, it will have the opposite effect.  If anything it will cause the
other religious symbols to be banned.  And I reject wholeheartedly the
notion that christians are being made "victims" and "second class
citizens" in this country because of trivial things like this.  Not when I
am an athiest and all the money I have to carry around in my wallet says,
"In GOD We Trust".  

response 70 of 74:

Nov 23 01:56 UTC 2003

re: 68-

Please be advised that you are reading a 4th-hand accout regarding Mr. 
Farah.  (i.e., Mr. richard is quoting somebody who is quoting another 
source of what Mr. Farah's supposed views are.)  If we have learned 
anything up to this point, it is that Mr. richard is quite an unreliable 
source of information himself, let alone at such a distance from the 
original source.
Perhaps Mr. richard might be able to provide some direct information, 
but we suspect not.

response 72 of 74:

Nov 23 17:21 UTC 2003

Mr. richard:
Was it you who posted the link regarding Mr. Farah?  And was not the 
link to a 3rd-hand source?
Do you not think that you ought to be the one repsponsible for 
defending your own source material?
(Not that we are surprised by your reaction.  It is that to which we 
have become accustomed.)
Thank you.
klg

response 74 of 74:

Nov 27 09:37 UTC 2003

whore??????